BILL · 2009–10 SESSION
HB 2936: State student financial aid
Changing the state student financial aid program.
Summary
- Reduces eligibility for the State Need Grant program from five years to two years.
- Retains five years of eligibility for students who were awarded a State Need Grant before the 2010-11 academic year and have been continuously enrolled in college.
- Limits the State Need Grant program to people 29 years of age or younger, unless the recipient is a single parent or received a State Need Grant prior to the 2010-11 academic year and have been continuously enrolled in college.
- Dedicates 50 percent of the total funding available for the program to be awarded to students attending college on a part-time basis.
- Allows the Higher Education Coordinating Board to use funding reserved for part-time students for full-time students if demand for financial aid from the part-time students will not account for 50 percent of the funds.
From the House Bill Analysis 2010 (HB 2936), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 19, 2010
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Glenn Anderson (R-5)
- Introduced
- January 19, 2010 in the House
- Last action
- March 15, 2010
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the state student financial aid program;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Glenn Anderson (R-5)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Higher Education.
HB 2936 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2936 (2019–20) Predesign requirements
- HB 2936 (2017–18) Tax rates and regressivity
- HB 2936 (2015–16) Public investments
- HB 2936 (2007–08) Confidential information
- HB 2936 (2005–06) Property tax exemption
- HB 2936 (2003–04) Criminal history checks
- HB 2936 (2001–02) Growth management
- HB 2936 (1999–00) RTA transit financing