HB 1316 — Expanding the scope of programs for postsecondary students experiencing homelessness and former foster youth.

H-2953.1H-0396.1 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1316 State of Washington 69th Legislature 20262025 Regular Session By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Leavitt, Valdez,Caldier, Shavers, Davis, Reed, Salahuddin, Pollet, Nance, Doglio, and Timmons)Timmons READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/09/26.01/15/25.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

RCW 28B.77.850 and 20252023 c 92339 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, each public four-year institution of higher education, their respective university campuses pursuant to chapter 28B.45 RCW, and athe public tribal college located in Washington and accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities or another accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education may implement a program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school.

p.(e) Access to technology;

1 SHB 1316 (e) Access to technology;

and (g)p. Case management services.

(2)1 TheHB public1316 four-year(g) institutionsCase ofmanagement higherservices. education, their respective university campuses pursuant to chapter 28B.45 RCW, and the tribal college may also establish plans to develop surplus property for affordable housing to accommodate the needs of students experiencing homelessness and students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school.

(3)(2) The public four-year institutions of higher education, their respective university campusescampuses, pursuant to chapter 28B.45 RCW, and the tribal college participatingmay inalso theestablish programplans shallto leveragedevelop existingsurplus communityproperty resourcesfor byaffordable makinghousing available to studentsaccommodate in the programneeds informationof thatstudents is available for individuals experiencing homelessness,homelessness includingand throughstudents not-for-profitwho organizations,were thein local housing authority, and the departmentfoster ofcare commerce'ssystem officewhen ofthey homelessgraduated youth.high school.

(4)(3) The public four-year institutions of higher education, their respective university campusescampuses, pursuant to chapter 28B.45 RCW, and the tribal college participating in the program shall annuallyleverage provideexisting acommunity jointresources reportby making available to students in the appropriateprogram committeesinformation ofthat theis legislatureavailable infor accordanceindividuals withexperiencing RCWhomelessness, 43.01.036including beginningthrough Decembernot-for- 1,profit 2023,organizations, thatthe includeslocal athousing leastauthority, and the followingdepartment information:of commerce's office of homeless youth.

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The council shall coordinate with all of the four-year institutions of higher education, their respective university campuses, and the tribal college to collect voluntary data on how many students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity are attending the four-year institutions of higher education, their respective university campuses, and the tribal college;

and p.(d) Legislative recommendations for how students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students could be better served.

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(5)p. For purposes of this section, "program" means the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program.

2 HB 1316 (a) "Program" means the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program;

(b) "Tribal college" means a public tribal college located in Washington and accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities or another accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education.

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