Washington State representatives proposed a House bill to restructure how students who are going to private school will receive state-need grants, with the goal of giving the grants to as many Washington state students as possible.

It will do this by reducing the amount of money students going to private schools receive in state grants, according to the bill.

“The state would save money, so more kids could go to school,” said Rep. Mark Hargrove (R), one of the bill’s sponsors.

Instead of giving private school students their normal amount of state-need grants, they would be given the base community college state-need grant amount of $2,823, according to the bill analysis.

Bill 1033 also proposes the idea of awarding financial aid to students in need only to the point of how much the parents can contribute.

Private students can now receive up to $9,369 in state-need grants. Restructuring this would allow for more funding to go toward students whose financial need is not completely met, according to the bill, but Hargrove is not hopeful.

“Realistically,” he said, “I don’t think it will pass.”

If it does pass, the bill will go into effect at the start of the 2018-2019 academic year.