HB 2185 — Assisting spouses and dependents of active duty military by ensuring affordable access to higher education.

H-3859.1SUBSTITUTEH-3376.2HOUSE HOUSE BILL 2185State of Washington66th Legislature2020 Regular SessionByHouseSessionByRepresentatives College & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Leavitt, Van Werven, Bergquist, Eslick, Chambers, Dufault, Blake, Paul, Kirby, Chapman, Shewmake, Gildon, Frame, Slatter, Young, Orwall, Ormsby, Harris, Caldier, Irwin, Wylie, Doglio, Volz, Goodman, and Hudgins)READHudginsPrefiled FIRST12/03/19.Read TIMEfirst 02/03/20.ANtime 01/13/20.Referred to Committee on College & Workforce Development.AN ACT Relating to assisting spouses and dependents of active duty military by ensuring affordable access to higher education;

1255(a);(g) A student who is on active military duty stationed in the state or who is a member of the Washington national guard;(h) A student who is on active military duty or a member of the Washington national guard who ((entered service as a Washington resident and who has maintained Washington as his or her domicile but is not stationed in the state))meets the following conditions:(i) Entered service as a Washington resident;(ii) Has maintained a Washington as the student's domicile;

and(iii) Is not stationed out-of-state;(i)in the state;(i) A student who is the spouse or a dependent of a person ((whowho is on active military duty or((or a member of the national guard who entered service as a Washington resident and who has maintained Washington as his or her domicile but is not stationed in thethe))stationed state))defined in (g)Washington ofstate. this subsection.

If the person ((onon active military duty))definedduty in (g) of this subsection is reassigned out-of-state, the student maintains the status as a resident student so long as the student is ((continuously enrolled in aa))either:(i) degreeAccepted program))either:(i) Admitted to an institution before the reassignment and enrolls in that institutioninstitution; for the term the student was admitted;

or(ii) Enrolled in an institution and remainsstays continuously enrolled atin thea institution;(j)certificate or degree program;(j) A student who is the spouse or a dependent of a person definedon inactive (h)military ofduty thisor subsection;(k)a Amember studentof the national guard who ismeets entitledthe tofollowing transferredconditions:(i) federalEntered post-9/11service veteransas educationala assistanceWashington actresident;(ii) ofHas 2008maintained (38Washington U.S.C.as the student's domicile;

and(iii) Is not stationed in the state;(k) A student who is entitled to transferred federal post-9/11 veterans educational assistance act of 2008 (38 U.S.C.

or(((t)))(u) A student who resides in Washington and is the spouse or a dependent of a person ((whowho resides in Washington and is on active military duty stationed in the Oregon counties of Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Multnomah, Clatsop, Clackamas, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, or Washington))definedWashington. in (t) of this subsection.

If the person ((onon active military duty))definedduty in (t) of this subsection moves from Washington or is reassigned out of the Oregon counties of Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Multnomah, Clatsop, Clackamas, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, or Washington, the student maintains the status as a resident student so long as the student resides in Washington and is either:(i)continuously Admittedenrolled toin a degree program.(3)(a) A student who qualifies under subsection (2)(((j), (l), (m), (n), (o), or (p)))(k), (m), (n), (o), (p), or (q) of this section and who remains continuously enrolled at an institution beforeof thehigher reassignmenteducation andshall enrollsretain resident student status.(b) Nothing in thatsubsection institution(2)(((j), for(l), (m), (n), (o), or (p)))(k), (m), (n), (o), (p), or (q) of this section applies to students who have a dishonorable discharge from the termuniformed services, or to students who are the spouse or child of an individual who has had a dishonorable discharge from the uniformed services, unless the student wasis admitted;receiving veterans administration educational assistance benefits.(4) The term "nonresident student" shall mean any student who does not qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of this section and RCW 28B.15.013.

or(ii) Enrolled in an institution and ((is))remains continuously enrolled ((in a degree program))at the institution.(3)(a) A student who qualifies under subsection (2)(((j), (l), (m), (n), (o), or (p)))(k), (m), (n), (o), (p), or (q) of this section and who remains continuously enrolled at an institution of higher education shall retain resident student status.(b) Nothing in subsection (2)(((j), (l), (m), (n), (o), or (p)))(k), (m), (n), (o), (p), or (q) of this section applies to students who have a dishonorable discharge from the uniformed services, or to students who are the spouse or child of an individual who has had a dishonorable discharge from the uniformed services, unless the student is receiving veterans administration educational assistance benefits.(4) The term "nonresident student" shall mean any student who does not qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of this section and RCW 28B.15.013.