RCW 28B.76.670
Washington award for vocational
excellence -- Grants -- Definitions. (Effective until July 1, 2012.)
(1) Recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence
under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.550, who receive the award
after June 30, 1994, may receive a grant, if funds are available.
The grant shall be used to attend a postsecondary institution
located in the state of Washington. Recipients may attend an
institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, or
an independent college or university, or a licensed private
vocational school. The higher education coordinating board shall
distribute grants to eligible students under this section from
moneys appropriated for this purpose. The individual grants
shall not exceed, on a yearly basis, the yearly, full-time,
resident, undergraduate tuition and service and activities fees
in effect at the state-funded research universities. In
consultation with the workforce training and education
coordinating board, the higher education coordinating board shall
establish procedures, by rule, to disburse the awards as direct
grants to the students.
(2) To qualify for the grant, recipients shall enter the
postsecondary institution within three years of high school
graduation and maintain a minimum grade point average at the
institution equivalent to 3.00, or, at a technical college, an
above average rating. Students shall be eligible to receive a
maximum of two years of grants for undergraduate study and may
transfer among in-state eligible postsecondary institutions
during that period and continue to receive the grant.
(3) No grant may be awarded to any student who is pursuing a
degree in theology.
(4) As used in this section, "independent college or
university" means a private, nonprofit educational institution,
the main campus of which is permanently situated in the state,
open to residents of the state, providing programs of education
beyond the high school level leading at least to the
baccalaureate degree, and accredited by the Northwest association
of schools and colleges as of June 9, 1988, and other
institutions as may be developed that are approved by the higher
education coordinating board as meeting equivalent standards as
those institutions accredited under this section.
(5) As used in this section, "licensed private vocational
school" means a private postsecondary institution, located in the
state, licensed by the workforce training and education
coordinating board under chapter 28C.10 RCW, and offering
postsecondary education in order to prepare persons for a
vocation or profession, as defined in RCW 28C.10.020(7).
[1995 1st sp.s. c 7 § 8. Formerly RCW 28B.80.272.]
NOTES:
Severability -- 1995 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 28C.04.520.
RCW 28B.76.670
Washington award for vocational
excellence -- Grants -- Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2012.)
(1)
Recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence
under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.550, who receive the award
after June 30, 1994, may receive a grant, if funds are available.
The grant shall be used to attend a postsecondary institution
located in the state of Washington. Recipients may attend an
institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, or
an independent college or university, or a licensed private
vocational school. The office shall distribute grants to
eligible students under this section from moneys appropriated for
this purpose. The individual grants shall not exceed, on a
yearly basis, the yearly, full-time, resident, undergraduate
tuition and service and activities fees in effect at the
state-funded research universities. In consultation with the
workforce training and education coordinating board, the office
shall establish procedures, by rule, to disburse the awards as
direct grants to the students.
(2) To qualify for the grant, recipients shall enter the
postsecondary institution within three years of high school
graduation and maintain a minimum grade point average at the
institution equivalent to 3.00, or, at a technical college, an
above average rating. Students shall be eligible to receive a
maximum of two years of grants for undergraduate study and may
transfer among in-state eligible postsecondary institutions
during that period and continue to receive the grant.
(3) No grant may be awarded to any student who is pursuing a
degree in theology.
(4) As used in this section, "independent college or
university" means a private, nonprofit educational institution,
the main campus of which is permanently situated in the state,
open to residents of the state, providing programs of education
beyond the high school level leading at least to the
baccalaureate degree, and accredited by the Northwest association
of schools and colleges as of June 9, 1988, and other
institutions as may be developed that are approved by the
*higher education coordinating board as meeting equivalent
standards as those institutions accredited under this section.
(5) As used in this section, "licensed private vocational
school" means a private postsecondary institution, located in the
state, licensed by the workforce training and education
coordinating board under chapter 28C.10 RCW, and offering
postsecondary education in order to prepare persons for a
vocation or profession, as defined in RCW 28C.10.020(7).
[2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 124; 1995 1st sp.s. c 7 § 8. Formerly RCW 28B.80.272.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The higher education coordinating board ("board") was abolished by 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 301, effective July 1, 2012.
Effective date -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 101-103, 106-202, 204-244, and 301: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Intent -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.
Severability -- 1995 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 28C.04.520.