BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
HB 2254: College grant/degree demand
Encouraging Washington college grant recipients to pursue high demand degrees.
Summary
- Modifies the Washington College Grant (WCG) to require students enrolled in baccalaureate programs during their junior and senior years to pursue a high demand degree or incur an obligation to repay the grant funding received during those years.
- Requires the Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board, in consultation with the Student Achievement Council (Council) and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, to determine every four years which undergraduate programs qualify as high demand programs.
- Requires the Council to convert grants to zero interest student loans for those recipients not pursuing high demand programs.
- Establishes the WCG Loan Repayment Account, in which loan repayments are to be collected and used to reduce or prevent an increase in the cost of tuition at public higher education institutions whenever funds reach a specific threshold.
From the House Bill Analysis 2020 (HB 2254), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 13, 2020
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Chris Gildon (R-25)
- Introduced
- January 13, 2020 in the House
- Last action
- January 13, 2020
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to encouraging Washington college grant recipients to pursue high demand degrees;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 2254 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- HB 2254 (2015–16) Social media safety/schools
- HB 2254 (2013–14) Electrician cert./ltd energy
- HB 2254 (2011–12) Foster care outcomes
- HB 2254 (2009–10) Colleges & construction
- HB 2254 (2007–08) DUI gross misdemeanor