CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2022

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 3, 2000   Yeas 95   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 29, 2000   Yeas 43   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2022  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

          _______________________________________________

                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2022

          _______________________________________________

             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Schindler, Sullivan, Bush, Lantz, Mielke, Lovick, Cairnes, Hurst, Kastama, McDonald, Esser, Conway, Campbell, Benson and D. Schmidt)

Read first time 01/28/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Expanding the national guard scholarship program.

    AN ACT Relating to expanding the national guard scholarship program; and amending RCW 28B.103.010.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.103.010 and 1994 c 234 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 28B.103.020 and 28B.103.030.

    (1) "Eligible student" means an enlisted member or an officer of the rank of captain or below in the Washington national guard who ((is a resident student as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.013, who)) attends an institution of higher education that is located in this state and accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and who meets any additional selection criteria adopted by the office.

    (2) "Conditional scholarship" means a loan that is forgiven in whole or in part if the recipient renders service as a member of the Washington national guard under rules adopted by the office.

    (3) "Forgiven" or "to forgive" or "forgiveness" means either to render service in the Washington national guard in lieu of monetary repayment, or to be relieved of the service obligation under rules adopted by the office.

    (4) "Office" means the office of the adjutant general of the state military department.

    (5) "Participant" means an eligible student who has received a conditional scholarship under this chapter.

    (6) "Service obligation" means serving in the Washington national guard for one additional year for each year of conditional scholarship received under this program.

                            --- END ---