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Committee advances substitute bill to expand financial aid outreach and increase postsecondary enrollment supports

2159662 · January 28, 2025
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Summary

Substitute House Bill 1136, which replaces a pilot FAFSA/WASFA outreach initiative with a financial aid completion and postsecondary enrollment program, was reported out of committee. The substitute increases outreach specialists from three to five and adds registered apprenticeship outreach responsibilities.

The Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee voted Jan. 28 to report out substitute House Bill 1136, a package that restructures a FAFSA/WASFA outreach pilot into a statewide financial aid completion and postsecondary enrollment program and expands outreach staffing.

Committee staff explained that the bill "repeals the free application for federal student aid and the Washington application for state financial aid, outreach, and completion initiative pilot program, and establishes the financial aid…

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