BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5897: Financial aid
Changing financial aid to a tuition-based system.
Summary
- Declares that, to the extent funds are available, the award shall be provided to persons with incomes that do not exceed sixty percent of the median family income. The amount of the need grant shall cover the cost of tuition at the institution of higher education the student attends, but shall not exceed the undergraduate resident tuition charged at the state research institutions.
From the Bill Digest (SB 5897), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 18, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Ken Jacobsen (D-46)
- Introduced
- February 18, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5897 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5897 (2025–26) Pulse oximeters in schools
- SB 5897 (2023–24) Business licensing service
- SB 5897 (2021–22) Fuel tax suspension
- SB 5897 (2019–20) Child sexual exploitation
- SB 5897 (2017–18) Food assist./prohibit. foods
- SB 5897 (2015–16) Suspected child abuse victim
- SB 5897 (2013–14) State parks
- SB 5897 (2011–12) Higher education T.O.