| Passed by the House April 18, 2005 Yeas 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 13, 2005 Yeas 42 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1345 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 28, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 28, 2005 - 3:58 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/07/05.
AN ACT Relating to eligibility for state financial aid for part-time students; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) The higher education coordinating board
shall develop a pilot project for the 2005-2007 biennium to assess the
need for and funding requirements that would be necessary to expand
student eligibility for the state need grant program to include
students enrolled in four or five quarter hours or equivalent
enrollment. Under the pilot project, students attending participating
higher education institutions and enrolled in four or five quarter
hours or equivalent enrollment shall be eligible for the state need
grant as long as they also meet the other eligibility criteria for the
program.
(2) The higher education coordinating board shall select up to ten
colleges and universities to participate in the pilot project developed
under subsection (1) of this section. The higher education
coordinating board shall require, at a minimum, that eligible
institutions are participants as of the 2005-06 academic year in the
state need grant program. Colleges, including both community and
technical colleges, and universities may apply to participate based on
the criteria developed by the board.
(3) The higher education coordinating board shall report to the
higher education committees of the legislature by December 2006, on the
results of the pilot project. The report shall include, at a minimum,
the dollar amounts disbursed through the pilot project according to
which institutions the students attended, geographic and demographic
analysis of the participating students, an assessment of need for the
program, including the number of students served, the number of
students unserved, and estimates of costs for a permanent statewide
program.
(4) The pilot project shall begin in the fall 2005 academic term
and expire June 30, 2007.