Official Text and Analysis.

Creates a loan program for resident students who are not eligible for federal student loans because of citizenship status.

States that student loans issued under the Undocumented Student Support Loan Program must follow the requirements under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 523 regarding dischargeability in bankruptcy.

Stops the state match to the Undocumented Student Support Loan Match Account in any year that the fund balance of the account is $10 million or more on the last day of the fiscal year.

Creates inesa new definition of "resident student" to include: "Resident student" is defined to include: a financially independent student who established a domicile in Washington for purposes other than educational for a one year period immediately prior to the first day of the term for which the student registered at an institution; a dependent student, if one or both of the student’s parents or guardians have maintained a domicile in Washington for at least one year immediately prior to the first day of the term for which the student registered at an institution; any student who has spent at least 75 percent of both his or her junior and senior years in high school in Washington; whose parents or legal guardians have been domiciled in the state for at least one year within the five-year period before the student graduates from high school; and who enrolls in a public institution of higher education within six months of leaving high school, for as long as the student remains continuously enrolled for three quarters or two semesters in any calendar year; or any person who has completed the full senior year of high school and obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent of a diploma; who has lived in Washington for at least three years immediately prior to receiving the diploma or equivalent; who has continuously lived in Washington after receiving the diploma or equivalent and until such time as the individual is admitted to an institution; and who provides to the institution an affidavit indicating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so and a willingness to engage in other activities necessary to acquire citizenship.

Limits the definition of resident student for eligibility purposes under the Undocumented Student Support Loan Program to those individuals who have either: (1)(a) Spent at least 75 percent of both their junior and seniors years in high school in the state; (b) Whose parents or legal guardians have been domiciled in the state for a period of at least one year within the five-year period before the student graduates from high school; and (c) Who enrolls in a public institution of higher education within six months of leaving high school, for as long as the student remains continuously enrolled for three quarters or two semesters in any calendar year; or (2)(a) Have completed their full senior year of high school and obtained a high school diploma, both at a Washington public high school or private high school approved under chapter 28A.195 RCW, or a person who has received the equivalent of a diploma; b) Who has lived in Washington for at least three years immediately prior to receiving the diploma or its equivalent; (c) Who has continuously lived in the state of Washington after receiving the diploma or its equivalent and until such time as the 21 individual is admitted to an institution of higher education; and (d) Who provides to the institution an affidavit indicating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident 23 at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so and a willingness to engage in any other activities necessary to acquire citizenship, including but not limited to citizenship or civics review courses.