RCW 28B.119.010
Program design -- Parameters. (Effective
until July 1, 2012.)
The higher education coordinating board
shall design the Washington promise scholarship program based on
the following parameters:
(1) Scholarships shall be awarded to students graduating
from public and approved private high schools under chapter 28A.195 RCW, students participating in home-based instruction as
provided in chapter 28A.200 RCW, and persons twenty-one years of
age or younger receiving a GED certificate, who meet both an
academic and a financial eligibility criteria.
(a) Academic eligibility criteria shall be defined as
follows:
(i) Beginning with the graduating class of 2002, students
graduating from public and approved private high schools under
chapter 28A.195 RCW must be in the top fifteen percent of their
graduating class, as identified by each respective high school at
the completion of the first term of the student's senior year; or
(ii) Students graduating from public high schools, approved
private high schools under chapter 28A.195 RCW, students
participating in home-based instruction as provided in chapter 28A.200 RCW, and persons twenty-one years of age or younger
receiving a GED certificate, must equal or exceed a cumulative
scholastic assessment test I score of twelve hundred on their
first attempt or must equal or exceed a composite American
college test score of twenty-seven on their first attempt.
(b) To meet the financial eligibility criteria, a student's
family income shall not exceed one hundred thirty-five percent of
the state median family income adjusted for family size, as
determined by the higher education coordinating board for each
graduating class. Students not meeting the eligibility
requirements for the first year of scholarship benefits may
reapply for the second year of benefits, but must still meet the
income standard set by the board for the student's graduating
class.
(2) Promise scholarships are not intended to supplant any
grant, scholarship, or tax program related to postsecondary
education. If the board finds that promise scholarships supplant
or reduce any grant, scholarship, or tax program for categories
of students, then the board shall adjust the financial
eligibility criteria or the amount of scholarship to the level
necessary to avoid supplanting.
(3) Within available funds, each qualifying student shall
receive two consecutive annual awards, the value of each not to
exceed the full-time annual resident tuition rates charged by
Washington's community colleges. The higher education
coordinating board shall award scholarships to as many students
as possible from among those qualifying under this section.
(4) By October 15th of each year, the board shall determine
the award amount of the scholarships, after taking into
consideration the availability of funds.
(5) The scholarships may only be used for undergraduate
coursework at accredited institutions of higher education in the
state of Washington.
(6) The scholarships may be used for undergraduate
coursework at Oregon institutions of higher education that are
part of the border county higher education opportunity project in
RCW 28B.76.685 when those institutions offer programs not
available at accredited institutions of higher education in
Washington state.
(7) The scholarships may be used for college-related
expenses, including but not limited to, tuition, room and board,
books, and materials.
(8) The scholarships may not be awarded to any student who
is pursuing a degree in theology.
(9) The higher education coordinating board may establish
satisfactory progress standards for the continued receipt of the
promise scholarship.
(10) The higher education coordinating board shall establish
the time frame within which the student must use the scholarship.
[2004 c 275 § 60; 2003 c 233 § 5; 2002 c 204 § 2.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law -- 2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.090.
RCW 28B.119.010
Program design -- Parameters. (Effective
July 1, 2012.)
The office of student financial assistance shall
design the Washington promise scholarship program based on the
following parameters:
(1) Scholarships shall be awarded to students graduating
from public and approved private high schools under chapter 28A.195 RCW, students participating in home-based instruction as
provided in chapter 28A.200 RCW, and persons twenty-one years of
age or younger receiving a GED certificate, who meet both an
academic and a financial eligibility criteria.
(a) Academic eligibility criteria shall be defined as
follows:
(i) Beginning with the graduating class of 2002, students
graduating from public and approved private high schools under
chapter 28A.195 RCW must be in the top fifteen percent of their
graduating class, as identified by each respective high school at
the completion of the first term of the student's senior year; or
(ii) Students graduating from public high schools, approved
private high schools under chapter 28A.195 RCW, students
participating in home-based instruction as provided in chapter 28A.200 RCW, and persons twenty-one years of age or younger
receiving a GED certificate, must equal or exceed a cumulative
scholastic assessment test I score of twelve hundred on their
first attempt or must equal or exceed a composite American
college test score of twenty-seven on their first attempt.
(b) To meet the financial eligibility criteria, a student's
family income shall not exceed one hundred thirty-five percent of
the state median family income adjusted for family size, as
determined by the office of student financial assistance for each
graduating class. Students not meeting the eligibility
requirements for the first year of scholarship benefits may
reapply for the second year of benefits, but must still meet the
income standard set by the office for the student's graduating
class.
(2) Promise scholarships are not intended to supplant any
grant, scholarship, or tax program related to postsecondary
education. If the office of student financial assistance finds
that promise scholarships supplant or reduce any grant,
scholarship, or tax program for categories of students, then the
office shall adjust the financial eligibility criteria or the
amount of scholarship to the level necessary to avoid
supplanting.
(3) Within available funds, each qualifying student shall
receive two consecutive annual awards, the value of each not to
exceed the full-time annual resident tuition rates charged by
Washington's community colleges. The office of student financial
assistance shall award scholarships to as many students as
possible from among those qualifying under this section.
(4) By October 15th of each year, the office of student
financial assistance shall determine the award amount of the
scholarships, after taking into consideration the availability of
funds.
(5) The scholarships may only be used for undergraduate
coursework at accredited institutions of higher education in the
state of Washington.
(6) The scholarships may be used for undergraduate
coursework at Oregon institutions of higher education that are
part of the border county higher education opportunity project in
RCW 28B.76.685 when those institutions offer programs not
available at accredited institutions of higher education in
Washington state.
(7) The scholarships may be used for college-related
expenses, including but not limited to, tuition, room and board,
books, and materials.
(8) The scholarships may not be awarded to any student who
is pursuing a degree in theology.
(9) The office of student financial assistance may establish
satisfactory progress standards for the continued receipt of the
promise scholarship.
(10) The office of student financial assistance shall
establish the time frame within which the student must use the
scholarship.
[2011 1st sp.s. c 11 § 231; 2004 c 275 § 60; 2003 c 233 § 5; 2002 c 204 § 2.]
NOTES:
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.
Part headings not law -- 2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.090.