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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6254

SB 6254: Student navigational support

Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.

Summary

  • Expands the financial aid completion program at the community and technical colleges to every educational service district and allows the college board to contract with outside entities including community-based organizations or tribal organizations depending on the needs of the district.
  • Modifies the role of the financial aid outreach specialists to include enrollment.
  • Creates a new financial aid certification program for secondary school teachers and counselors, higher education staff, and community partners and requires that the certification program be offered at no cost.
  • Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Washington Student Achievement Council, and the Professional Educator Standards Board to explore whether completion of a financial aid certification program could be recognized as continuing education credits and what additional incentives should be provided to meet certificated professional goals.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2024
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
T'wina Nobles (D-28)
Introduced
January 17, 2024 in the Senate
Last action
January 31, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6254, SSB 6254

AN ACT Relating to student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: T'wina Nobles (D-28)

9 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Drew Hansen D-23Steve Conway D-29Noel Frame D-36Bob Hasegawa D-11Patty Kuderer D-48John Lovick D-44Rebecca Saldaña D-37Javier Valdez D-46Claire Wilson D-30

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 6254)
  2. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 6254)
  3. HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6254)
  4. HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  5. And refer to Ways & Means.
  6. Referred to Ways & Means.
  7. First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

SB 6254 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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