Official Text and Analysis.

Expands a student's initial eligibility for the College Bound Scholarship (CBS) to the seventh and eighth grade, rather than just the seventh grade.

Allows eligible students to sign a CBS pledge in the ninth or tenth grade if they were previously ineligible in the seventh or eighth grade as a Washington student. Expands income eligibility for the CBS award to 125 percent of the state's median family income (MFI). Provides students with family incomes between 65 and 125 percent of MFI with a CBS award equal to tuition and fees at the community and technical colleges for two years.

Removes the expanded 70 percent income eligibility threshold for the College Bound Scholarship (CBS) and maintains the current income eligibility threshold of 65 percent. Codifies current budgetary language that prioritizes CBS students for the State Need Grant and expands the prioritization to those CBS eligible students with family incomes up to 70 percent of median family income.

Expands a student's initial eligibility for the College Bound Scholarship (CBS) to the seventh and eighth grade, rather than just the seventh grade. ? Allows eligible students to sign a CBS pledge in the ninth grade or tenth grade, beginning in the 2018-19 academic year, if they were previously ineligible in the seventh or eighth grade as a Washington student..