This bill, titled "Relating to limiting the scope of cause for loss of aid; and repealing RCW 28B.10.281," repeals RCW 28B.10.281 and 1969 ex.s. c 222 s 3. The statutory citation being repealed is parenthetically titled "Student loans—Certain activities may make student ineligible for aid." Legally, the bill effects a repeal of an existing statutory provision; it does not, in the provided text, create a new crime, change penalties, or add procedural rules. No definitions or the substantive text of RCW 28B.10.281 are included in the extracted facts, so the specific terms and effects of the repealed provision on student loan eligibility or loss of aid cannot be determined from the material provided. The House Postsecondary Education & Workforce committee is listed as sponsor and the bill was first read on 02/06/25. The extracted facts do not include any effective date, implementation details, or whether other sections of the bill add, modify, or replace provisions related to the scope of cause for loss of aid.

If enacted, the bill removes the specific state law (RCW 28B.10.281 and a related 1969 provision) that linked certain student activities to being ineligible for state financial aid. Practically, that means one statutory basis for denying or terminating state student aid would disappear, so students who had been denied aid under that law could potentially no longer be excluded on that ground and aid administrators would no longer apply that particular statute when determining eligibility. The people most affected are students who previously faced loss of state aid under the repealed provision and the state and college officials who administer financial aid, who will need to stop using that rule. Because the actual text of the repealed RCW is not included here, it is unclear which activities it covered, how many students were impacted, or whether the repeal will increase aid costs; no effective date or replacement provisions are shown, so the timing and full fiscal or administrative effects remain uncertain.