HB 1447

H-0640.1
  HOUSE BILL 1447
 State of Washington  69th Legislature     2025 Regular Session
 By Representatives Jacobsen, Marshall, Dufault, and Walsh
 Read first time 01/21/25.     Referred to Committee on Postsecondary
 Education & Workforce.
1      AN ACT Relating to tracking Washington application for state
2  financial aid award amounts; and adding a new section to chapter
3  28B.92 RCW.
4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5     NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.92
6 RCW to read as follows:
7     (1) Beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, the office shall
8 track the amount of state aid awarded to each student who receives
9 funds through the Washington application for state financial aid. The
10 total award amounts collected must be made publicly available on the
11 office's website.
12     (2) Beginning December 1, 2026, the office shall annually report,
13 in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of
14 the legislature on the following data:
15     (a) The total number of students who applied for state financial
16 aid using the Washington application for state financial aid;
17     (b) The total number of students who received state financial aid
18 through the Washington application for state financial aid; and
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1     (c) The total amount of state aid disbursed to each institution
2 of higher education on behalf of a student who submitted a Washington
3 application for state financial aid.
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