1236-S AMH ORTI MULV 044

SHB 1236 - H AMD 102

By Representative Ortiz-Self

ADOPTED 03/04/2015

    On page 2, beginning on line 11, after "form." strike all material through "instead." on line 14.

    On page 2, line 15, after "(b)" insert "(i) Beginning in the 2015-16 academic year, the office of student financial assistance shall make multiple attempts to secure the signature of the student's parent or guardian for the purpose of witnessing the pledge.

(ii) If the signature of the student's parent or guardian is not obtained, the office of student financial assistance may partner with the school counselor or administrator to secure the parent's or guardian's signature to witness the pledge.

    (iii) If a parent's or guardian's signature is still not obtained, the school counselor or administrator may witness the pledge and indicate to the office of student financial assistance the nature of the unsuccessful efforts to contact the student's parent or guardian.

(c)"

EFFECT:

· Requires the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) to make multiple attempts to secure a signature from a student's parent or guardian for the purpose of witnessing the College Bound Scholarship (CBS) pledge.

· Allows the OSFA to partner with the school administrator or counselor to help obtain the signature of the student's parent or guardian.

· Allows the school administrator or counselor to sign the CBS pledge in place of the student's parent or guardian when efforts to contact the student's parent or guardian have been unsuccessful and the nature of those efforts are indicated to the OSFA.

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