House Budget Proposal Includes Major Wins for Higher Education
February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018
OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 20 -- Washington House Democrats issued the following news release:
The state funding backlog for a program providing college financial aid to students from families with low incomes is on track to be fully eliminated under the budget released by House Democrats today. The proposal, which adds $25 million to the State Need Grant for the current biennium and a total of $157 million over four years, would fully fund the program within three years.
The state funding backlog for a program providing college financial aid to students from families with low incomes is on track to be fully eliminated under the budget released by House Democrats today. The proposal, which adds $25 million to the State Need Grant for the current biennium and a total of $157 million over four years, would fully fund the program within three years.