RCW 28B.117.030
Program design and implementation -- Student
eligibility -- Scholarships. (Effective until July 1, 2012.)
(1)
The higher education coordinating board shall design and, to the
extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, implement, a
program of supplemental scholarship and student assistance for
students who have emancipated from the state foster care system
after having spent at least one year in care.
(2) The board shall convene and consult with an advisory
committee to assist with program design and implementation. The
committee shall include but not be limited to former foster care
youth and their advocates; representatives from the state board
for community and technical colleges, and from public and private
agencies that assist current and former foster care recipients in
their transition to adulthood; and student support specialists
from public and private colleges and universities.
(3) To the extent that sufficient funds have been
appropriated for this purpose, a student is eligible for
assistance under this section if he or she:
(a) Emancipated from foster care on or after January 1,
2007, after having spent at least one year in foster care
subsequent to his or her sixteenth birthday;
(b) Is a resident student, as defined in RCW 28B.15.012(2);
(c) Is enrolled with or will enroll on at least a half-time
basis with an institution of higher education in Washington state
by the age of twenty-one;
(d) Is making satisfactory academic progress toward the
completion of a degree or certificate program, if receiving
supplemental scholarship assistance;
(e) Has not earned a bachelor's or professional degree; and
(f) Is not pursuing a degree in theology.
(4) A passport to college scholarship under this section:
(a) Shall not exceed resident undergraduate tuition and fees
at the highest-priced public institution of higher education in
the state; and
(b) Shall not exceed the student's financial need, less a
reasonable self-help amount defined by the board, when combined
with all other public and private grant, scholarship, and waiver
assistance the student receives.
(5) An eligible student may receive a passport to college
scholarship under this section for a maximum of five years after
the student first enrolls with an institution of higher education
or until the student turns age twenty-six, whichever occurs
first. If a student turns age twenty-six during an academic
year, and would otherwise be eligible for a scholarship under
this section, the student shall continue to be eligible for a
scholarship for the remainder of the academic year.
(6) The higher education coordinating board, in consultation
with and with assistance from the state board for community and
technical colleges, shall perform an annual analysis to verify
that those institutions of higher education at which students
have received a scholarship under this section have awarded the
student all available need-based and merit-based grant and
scholarship aid for which the student qualifies.
(7) In designing and implementing the passport to college
student support program under this section, the board, in
consultation with and with assistance from the state board for
community and technical colleges, shall ensure that a
participating college or university:
(a) Has a viable plan for identifying students eligible for
assistance under this section, for tracking and enhancing their
academic progress, for addressing their unique needs for
assistance during school vacations and academic interims, and for
linking them to appropriate sources of assistance in their
transition to adulthood;
(b) Receives financial and other incentives for achieving
measurable progress in the recruitment, retention, and graduation
of eligible students.
[2007 c 314 § 4.]
RCW 28B.117.030
Program design and implementation -- Student
eligibility -- Scholarships. (Effective July 1, 2012, until June
30, 2013.)
(1) The office shall design and, to the extent funds
are appropriated for this purpose, implement, a program of
supplemental scholarship and student assistance for students who
have emancipated from the state foster care system after having
spent at least one year in care.
(2) The office shall convene and consult with an advisory
committee to assist with program design and implementation. The
committee shall include but not be limited to former foster care
youth and their advocates; representatives from the state board
for community and technical colleges, and from public and private
agencies that assist current and former foster care recipients in
their transition to adulthood; and student support specialists
from public and private colleges and universities.
(3) To the extent that sufficient funds have been
appropriated for this purpose, a student is eligible for
assistance under this section if he or she:
(a) Emancipated from foster care on or after January 1,
2007, after having spent at least one year in foster care
subsequent to his or her sixteenth birthday;
(b) Is a resident student, as defined in RCW 28B.15.012(2);
(c) Is enrolled with or will enroll on at least a half-time
basis with an institution of higher education in Washington state
by the age of twenty-one;
(d) Is making satisfactory academic progress toward the
completion of a degree or certificate program, if receiving
supplemental scholarship assistance;
(e) Has not earned a bachelor's or professional degree; and
(f) Is not pursuing a degree in theology.
(4) A passport to college scholarship under this section:
(a) Shall not exceed resident undergraduate tuition and fees
at the highest-priced public institution of higher education in
the state; and
(b) Shall not exceed the student's financial need, less a
reasonable self-help amount defined by the *board, when combined
with all other public and private grant, scholarship, and waiver
assistance the student receives.
(5) An eligible student may receive a passport to college
scholarship under this section for a maximum of five years after
the student first enrolls with an institution of higher education
or until the student turns age twenty-six, whichever occurs
first. If a student turns age twenty-six during an academic
year, and would otherwise be eligible for a scholarship under
this section, the student shall continue to be eligible for a
scholarship for the remainder of the academic year.
(6) The office, in consultation with and with assistance
from the state board for community and technical colleges, shall
perform an annual analysis to verify that those institutions of
higher education at which students have received a scholarship
under this section have awarded the student all available
need-based and merit-based grant and scholarship aid for which
the student qualifies.
(7) In designing and implementing the passport to college
student support program under this section, the office, in
consultation with and with assistance from the state board for
community and technical colleges, shall ensure that a
participating college or university:
(a) Has a viable plan for identifying students eligible for
assistance under this section, for tracking and enhancing their
academic progress, for addressing their unique needs for
assistance during school vacations and academic interims, and for
linking them to appropriate sources of assistance in their
transition to adulthood;
(b) Receives financial and other incentives for achieving
measurable progress in the recruitment, retention, and graduation
of eligible students.
[2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 221; 2007 c 314 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The higher education coordinating board ("board") was abolished by 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 301, effective July 1, 2012. The office of student financial assistance replaced the higher education coordinating board for higher education financial aid responsibilities pursuant to 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 102, 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.
Expiration date -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 §§ 220-225: See note following RCW 28B.117.020.
Intent -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 11: See note following RCW 28B.76.020.