28B.95.040 - Purchase of tuition units by organizations -- Rules -- Scholarship fund.

Purchase of tuition units by organizations — Rules — Scholarship fund.

The governing body may, at its discretion, allow an organization to purchase tuition units for future use as scholarships. Such organizations electing to purchase tuition units for this purpose must enter into a contract with the governing body which, at a minimum, ensures that the scholarship shall be freely given by the purchaser to a scholarship recipient. For such purchases, the purchaser need not name a beneficiary until four months before the date when the tuition units are first expected to be used.

     The governing body shall formulate and adopt such rules as are necessary to determine which organizations may qualify to purchase tuition units for scholarships under this section. The governing body also may consider additional rules for the use of tuition units if purchased as scholarships.

     The governing body may establish a scholarship fund with moneys from the Washington advanced college tuition payment program account. A scholarship fund established under this authority shall be administered by the higher education coordinating board and shall be provided to students who demonstrate financial need. Financial need is not a criterion that any other organization need consider when using tuition units as scholarships. The board also may establish its own corporate-sponsored scholarship fund under this chapter.

[1997 c 289 § 4.]