HB 2377 — Eliminating certain postsecondary institutions' eligibility for state financial aid programs.

H-4390.1SUBSTITUTEH-3343.1HOUSE HOUSE BILL 2377State of Washington65th Legislature2018 Regular SessionBy House Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen, Macri, and Ormsby)READOrmsbyPrefiled FIRST01/04/18. TIME 02/01/18.AN ACT Relating to eliminating certain postsecondary institutions' eligibility for state financial aid programs;

amendingRead RCWfirst 28B.92.030;time 01/08/18.

andReferred adding a new section to chapterCommittee 28B.92on RCW.BEHigher ITEducation.AN ENACTEDACT BYRelating THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.92.030 and 2013 c 248 s 2 are each amended to readeliminating ascertain follows:Aspostsecondary usedinstitutions' ineligibility this chapter:(1) "Council" means the student achievement council.(2) "Disadvantaged student" means a posthigh school student who by reason of adverse cultural, educational, environmental, experiential, familial or other circumstances is unable to qualify for enrollment as a full-time student in an institution of higher education, who would otherwise qualify as a needy student, and who is attending an institution of higher education under an established program designed to qualify the student for enrollment as a full-time student.(3) "Financial aid" means loans and/or grants to needy students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a student at institutions of higher education.(4)(a) "Institution" or "institutions of higher education" means:(((a))) (i) Any public university, college, community college, or technical college operated by the state offinancial Washingtonaid orprograms; any political subdivision thereof;

and amending RCW 28B.92.030.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.92.030 and 2013 c 248 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:As used in this chapter:(1) "Council" means the student achievement council.(2) "Disadvantaged student" means a posthigh school student who by reason of adverse cultural, educational, environmental, experiential, familial or other circumstances is unable to qualify for enrollment as a full-time student in an institution of higher education, who would otherwise qualify as a needy student, and who is attending an institution of higher education under an established program designed to qualify the student for enrollment as a full-time student.(3) "Financial aid" means loans and/or grants to needy students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a student at institutions of higher education.(4)(a) "Institution" or "institutions of higher education" means:(((a))) (i) Any public university, college, community college, or technical college operated by the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof;

or(((iii))) (C) A nonprofit institution recognized by the state of Washington as provided in RCW 28B.77.240.(b) "Institution" or "institutions of higher education" does not include any university, college, school, or institute owned or operated by a corporation for profit, or any university, college, school, or institute owned, operated, purchased, or acquired by a not-for-profit corporation if the university, college, school, or institute previously operated in the state of Washington under the ownership of a corporation for profit,profit.(5) unless the university, college, school, or institute is participating in the state financial aid programs as of the effective date of this section or has been approved to participate in the 2018-19 academic year.(5) "Needy student" means a posthigh school student of an institution of higher education who demonstrates to the office the financial inability, either through the student's parents, family and/or personally, to meet the total cost of board, room, books, and tuition and incidental fees for any semester or quarter.

and (b) may be influenced by the receipt of an enhanced student financial aid award to complete a baccalaureate degree at an eligible institution.NEWinstitution.--- SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.92 RCW to read as follows:(1) Beginning on the effective date of this section, the council may not approve any new applications from any university, college, school, or institute owned or operated by a corporation for profit, or any university, college, school, or institute owned, operated, purchased, or acquired by a not-for-profit corporation if the university, college, school, or institute previously operated in the state of Washington under the ownership of a corporation for profit.(2) A university, college, school, or institute owned or operated by a corporation for profit, or a university, college, school, or institute owned, operated, purchased, or acquired by a not-for-profit corporation that previously operated in the state of Washington under the ownership of a corporation for profit, that is participating in the state financial aid programs as of the effective date of this section or has been approved to participate for the 2018-19 academic year may continue to be eligible to participate.--- END ---