CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2025
Chapter 182, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
STATE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM—PLACEMENT AND SALARY MATCHING
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 9, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 95 Nays 2
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
LAURIE JINKINS State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of certify that the attached is
Representatives SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2025 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate March 1, 2024
Yeas 48 Nays 0
BERNARD DEAN
DENNY HECK Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Approved March 19, 2024 9:48 AM FILED
March 19, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2025
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By House Postsecondary Education & Workforce (originally sponsored by
Representatives Reed, Paul, and Pollet)
READ FIRST TIME 01/23/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to modifying placement and salary matching
2 requirements for the state work-study program; and amending RCW
3 28B.12.030, 28B.12.040, and 28B.12.050.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 Sec. 1. RCW 28B.12.030 and 2019 c 406 s 26 are each amended to
6 read as follows:
7 The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
8 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
9 (1) "Eligible institution" means any postsecondary institution in
10 this state accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and
11 Colleges, or a campus of a member institution of an accrediting
12 association recognized by rule of the student achievement council for
13 purposes of this section, that is eligible for federal student
14 financial aid assistance and has operated as a nonprofit college or
15 university delivering on-site classroom instruction for a minimum of
16 twenty consecutive years within the state of Washington, or any
17 public technical college in the state.
18 (2) "Financial need" has the same meaning as in RCW 28B.92.030.
19 (3) "Office" means the office of student financial assistance.
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 1 Sec. 2. RCW 28B.12.040 and 2012 c 229 s 520 are each amended to
2 read as follows:
3 The ((student achievement council)) office shall develop and
4 administer the state work-study program. The ((council shall be
5 authorized to)) office may create and enter into agreements with
6 employers and eligible institutions ((for the operation of the
7 program. These agreements shall include such provisions as the
8 council may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
9 of this chapter.
10 With the exception of off-campus community service placements,
11 the share from moneys disbursed under the state work-study program of
12 the compensation of students employed under such program in
13 accordance with such agreements shall not exceed eighty percent of
14 the total such compensation paid such students.
15 By rule, the council shall define community service placements
16 and may determine any salary matching requirements for any community
17 service employers)) to implement this chapter.
18 Sec. 3. RCW 28B.12.050 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 144 are each
19 amended to read as follows:
20 (1) The office ((of student financial assistance)) shall disburse
21 state work-study funds. In performing its duties under this section,
22 the office shall consult eligible institutions and postsecondary
23 education advisory and governing bodies. The office shall establish
24 criteria designed to achieve such distribution of assistance under
25 this chapter among students attending eligible institutions as will
26 most effectively carry out the purposes of this chapter.
27 (2) Funds appropriated for compensation of students placed at
28 state work-study employers must not exceed 80 percent of the total
29 compensation paid to students, subject to the following exceptions:
30 (a) Off-campus community service placements; and
31 (b) Placements at public and nonprofit employers that seek to
32 increase postsecondary enrollment for high school students.
33 (3) The office shall define and approve, and may determine salary
34 matching requirements for, community service placements and
35 placements at public and nonprofit employers that seek to increase
36 postsecondary enrollment for high school students.
Passed by the House February 9, 2024.
Passed by the Senate March 1, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 19, 2024.
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Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 28B.12.030, 28B.12.040, 28B.12.050
Substitute Bill: 28B.12.030, 28B.12.040, 28B.12.050
Bill as Passed Legislature: 28B.12.030, 28B.12.040, 28B.12.050
Session Law: 28B.12.030, 28B.12.040, 28B.12.050