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Committee considers expanding college‑bound scholarship to high school equivalency recipients
Summary
Senate Bill 5,543 would allow students who hold a high school equivalency certificate to qualify for the College Bound Scholarship. Sponsors said the change reduces barriers for those who earned equivalency credentials; state board witnesses said the change aligns with scholarship intent and fiscal impacts have been adjusted.
Senate Bill 5,543 would expand eligibility for Washington’s College Bound Scholarship to students who have earned a high school equivalency certificate so they can qualify equivalently to students who graduated high school with required GPAs.
Saranda Ross, counsel to the committee, explained the scholarship’s current eligibility rules and that the bill would let students with an equivalency certificate…
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