Career and technical education students from each of the state’s 49 legislative districts have a shot at winning a WAVE scholarship that could pay as much as two years’ college tuition based on rates charged by the state’s public institutions.

As many as 147 students are eligible to win the award each year – with two winners coming from high schools and one from a community or technical college within each of the state’s legislative districts.

The Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board manages the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarship. WAVE coordinators, vocational administrators and counselors from Washington’s high schools and community and technical colleges help select applications forwarded to the Workforce Board.

Students must turn in applications to their school coordinator by Feb. 5. The coordinator must submit selected applications to the Workforce Board by Feb. 19.

The scholarship package is now online at www.wtb.wa.gov/2010WAVEApplication.dot

Get more information on the WAVE Scholarship, visit www.wtb.wa.gov/WAVEWebpagenew.asp.