Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5542: Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Boehnke
- Introduced
- January 28, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (January 12, 2026)
- 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 to be eligible for a high school diploma or certificate course fee waiver.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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