CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1018

Chapter 28, Laws of 1999

56th Legislature

1999 Regular Session

WASHINGTON AWARD FOR VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

EFFECTIVE DATE: 4/19/99

Passed by the House February 10, 1999 Yeas 94 Nays 1

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1999

Yeas 44 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1018 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

DEAN R. FOSTER

Chief Clerk

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Approved April 19, 1999

FILED

April 19, 1999 - 3:08 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1018

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Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Carlson, Kenney, Radcliff, Sheahan, Dunn, Esser and Lantz

Prefiled 12/28/98. Read first time 01/11/1999. Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

AN ACT Relating to the Washington award for vocational excellence; amending RCW 28C.04.545; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 28C.04.545 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 7 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The respective governing boards of the public technical colleges shall provide fee waivers for a maximum of two years for those recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence established under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.540 who received the award before June 30, 1994. To qualify for the waiver, recipients shall enter the public technical college within three years of receiving the award. An above average rating at the ((~~vocational-technical institute~~)) technical college in the first year shall be required to qualify for the second-year waiver.

(2) Students named by the work force training and education coordinating board after June 30, 1994, as recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.550 shall be eligible to receive a grant for undergraduate course work as authorized under RCW 28B.80.272.

(3)(a) Beginning with awards made during the 1998-99 academic year, recipients must complete using the award before the fall term in the sixth year following the date of the award. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period.

(b) All persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence before the 1995-96 academic year and who have remaining eligibility on the effective date of this section must complete using the award before September 2002. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period.

(c) All persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence during the 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 academic years must complete using the award before September 2005. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.