Editorial: State Senate should have supported Dream Act

THE state Senate higher-education chairwoman has squandered a golden opportunity to help some of Washington’s most promising high-school graduates continue their education.

House Bill 1817, known as the Washington Dream Act, would allow low-income, high-school graduates without U.S. legal residency to apply for Washington’s State Need Grant to help pay for college. It passed the lower chamber March 13 with strong bipartisan support, 77-20.