This bill creates a new financial aid completion and postsecondary enrollment program administered by the college board for every educational service district, subject to amounts appropriated. It requires the college board to select at least one participating entity in each district (community or technical colleges, public four‑year institutions, tribal organizations, or community‑based organizations) to employ outreach and enrollment specialists who work directly with high schools to increase FAFSA and WASFA completion, provide targeted outreach using Student Achievement Council data, give information on private scholarships, assist with college and apprenticeship enrollment navigation, and coordinate with school counseling programs. The bill requires a college board selection committee (including at least two community/technical and two public four‑year representatives), expresses a legislative staffing intent of one specialist per 600 high school seniors, directs the college board to develop a communication plan and collaborative training for specialists, and imposes annual reporting to the legislature beginning January 15, 2026 on funds used and program impacts. The measure amends RCW 28B.50.940 and adds new sections to chapters 28B.77 and 28A.415 RCW. Separately, the bill directs the Student Achievement Council, the college board, public four‑year institutions, and OSPI to produce a report on FAFSA and Washington state financial aid completion rates by high school seniors (report due December 1, 2027) and requires the SAC to administer a no‑cost financial aid training program for secondary teachers, counselors, higher education staff, and community partners to ensure at least one qualified financial aid professional at each school. SAC must report on the training program to the governor and legislative committees by December 1, 2027, and OSPI, in collaboration with SAC and the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, must offer continuing education credits by September 1, 2027 and recommend additional incentives to the Legislature by October 1, 2028. These are procedural and administrative changes (new program, training, reporting, and interagency coordination); the text does not create new criminal penalties or alter existing sanctions. Important gaps: several portions of the bill text are missing from the provided extracts. The extracts do not include the full new section texts added to chapters 28B.77 and 28A.415 RCW, appropriation amounts or specific funding timelines, complete definitions for terms such as “college board” or “educational service district,” and one subsection ends mid‑sentence referencing the education data center without completion.

If enacted, the College Board would run a statewide program that places outreach and enrollment specialists in each educational service district through selected colleges, tribal or community organizations to help high school students complete FAFSA and WASFA and connect them to campus and apprenticeship resources. The Student Achievement Council will supply the data specialists use and will run free training so every school can have at least one qualified financial aid professional, while OSPI will offer continuing education credits by September 1, 2027 and advise on incentives by October 1, 2028. The law aims for about one specialist per 600 seniors and requires annual and multiagency reports on outcomes, including a College Board report starting January 15, 2026 and SAC/partner reports by December 1, 2027. Practically, colleges, tribal organizations, and community groups chosen to host specialists will take on new hiring and coordination duties and likely need funding and operational support, while school counselors and district staff will spend more time coordinating outreach and data sharing; students in higher-poverty schools are most likely to see increased help completing aid applications. Because the program is explicitly subject to available appropriations and key sections and funding details are not provided here, the timing, scale of hiring, and who pays ongoing costs remain uncertain, and the agencies will have added reporting and training responsibilities.