Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.

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SENATE BILL 5543

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Boehnke, Slatter, Hasegawa, Nobles, Ramos, Valdez, and C. Wilson; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Read first time 01/28/25. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

AN ACT Relating to equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship; and amending RCW 28B.118.010 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 28B.118.010 and 2024 c 323 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

The office of student financial assistance shall design the Washington college bound scholarship program in accordance with this section and in alignment with the Washington college grant program in chapter 28B.92 RCW unless otherwise provided in this section. The right of an eligible student to receive a college bound scholarship vest upon enrollment in the program that is earned by meeting the requirements of this section as it exists at the time of the student's enrollment under subsection (2) of this section.