Washington HB 1587: Concerning public information concerning agency rule-making activities.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1587
Chapter 254, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM—LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER PROMISE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the House April 19, 2025
Yeas 57 Nays 36
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 14, 2025
Yeas 33 Nays 16
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is SECOND
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1587 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved May 13, 2025 9:48 AM FILED
May 14, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to encouraging local government partner promise 1
scholarship programs within the Washington state opportunity 2
scholarship program; amending RCW 28B.145.050 and 28B.145.070; adding 3
new sections to chapter 28B.145 RCW; and creating a new section.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that 6
postsecondary credentials are vital for creating and maintaining a 7
skilled workforce. To increase Washington's skilled workforce, local 8
governments are encouraged to establish their own local government 9
partner promise scholarship programs within the Washington state 10
opportunity scholarship program to further reduce barriers for 11
students within their jurisdiction. Current barriers may include 12
scholarship applications, income limits, and degree program 13
requirements. The purpose of this act is for local governments that 14
establish local government partner promise scholarship programs to 15
have minimal administrative duties, making benefits to students 16
substantial. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to 17
encourage additional local government partner promise scholarship 18
programs to serve more students with fewer barriers.19
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1587
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives
Bergquist, Rude, Reed, Pollet, Reeves, Zahn, Timmons, Doglio,
Salahuddin, and Nance)
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.145 1
RCW to read as follows:2
(1) A local government partner may establish its own promise 3
scholarship program within the opportunity scholarship program. The 4
local government partner promise scholarship program shall be 5
administered by the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. 6
The program administrator shall assist the local government partner 7
in the selection, notification, and disbursement of scholarship 8
awards.9
(2) To be eligible to participate in a local government partner 10
promise scholarship program, a student must have received his or her 11
high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate as 12
provided in RCW 28B.50.536 in Washington and attend a public two-year 13
institution of higher education or a professional-technical 14
certificate or degree program as approved by the state board for 15
community and technical colleges under RCW 28B.50.090(7)(c). 16
Eligibility may not extend beyond three years or 125 percent of the 17
published length of the program in which the student is enrolled or 18
the credit or clock-hour equivalent.19
(3) A local government partner that establishes a promise 20
scholarship program may establish separate rules for its program that 21
are independent from the broader Washington state opportunity 22
scholarship program.23
(4) The value of the scholarship award under the local government 24
partner promise scholarship program is, at minimum, the difference 25
between the recipient's total tuition fees as defined in RCW 26
28B.15.020 and services and activities fees as defined in RCW 27
28B.15.041, less the value of any state-funded grant including the 28
college bound scholarship program established in chapter 28B.118 RCW 29
and the Washington college grant created in RCW 28B.92.200, 30
scholarship, gift aid, or waiver assistance the recipient receives. 31
The local government partner may provide additional scholarship 32
awards to cover reasonable expenses associated with the costs of 33
acquiring an education such as books, equipment, room and board, and 34
other expenses as determined by the local government partner.35
(5) The office of student financial assistance and the 36
institutions of higher education may not consider awards made under a 37
local government partner's promise scholarship program to be state-38
funded for the purpose of determining the value of an award for other 39
state financial aid programs.40
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