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Bill would let cities and counties create local promise scholarship matches inside Opportunity Scholarship program
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 15‑87 would allow local governments to create local promise scholarship programs under the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, with the state matching local pledges up to $250,000 per local partner per fiscal year.
Second Substitute House Bill 15‑87 would permit local governments to establish local promise scholarship programs within the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) matching framework, enabling local governments to pledge private contributions that the state would match (subject to program caps and appropriations).
Under the substitute described by committee staff, each participating local government partner’s pledged private funds would be eligible for a state match limited to $250,000 per fiscal year. Eligible students would be…
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