House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
HB 1556: Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Signed into law: Chapter 42, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Entenman
- Introduced
- January 23, 2025
- Status
- C 42 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 11, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Eliminates the requirement that a student must be 19 years of age or older for governing boards of community and technical colleges to waive all or a portion of high school diploma or certificate course fees.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 2, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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