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Senate committee hears bill to assert Washington consumer protections over interstate online colleges
Summary
A Senate committee heard Engrossed House Bill 1279, which would require the Student Achievement Council to ensure Washington's student-consumer protections apply to interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education and set surety-bond parity for out-of-state institutions beginning July 1, 2028.
The Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee on an unrecorded date heard Engrossed House Bill 1279, an act to strengthen student consumer protections for interstate delivery of postsecondary distance education.
Kelly Gunn, committee staff, summarized the bill as “relating to post secondary education consumer protections,” saying the measure would require the Student Achievement Council to adopt minimum standards, expand the types of complaints the council may accept and require surety-bond levels for institutions headquartered outside Washington to be equivalent to those imposed in Washington.
Representative Gerry Pollet, the bill sponsor, told the committee Washington already has “some of the strongest student consumer…
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