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Committees back at work, Running Start, data sharing agreements, student support bills up for hearings
In their first full week of hearings after last week's floor cutoff deadline, committees were back at work hearing bills on creating data sharing agreements, expanding Running Start to the summer, and making permanent the Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness program.
Lessons from the legislative galleries
Tomorrow morning, I will have the honor of introducing my district representatives at an in-person town hall meeting on my college campus. While preparing for this opportunity, I cannot help but reflect on the last few weeks of the internship that got me here.
Never stop learning
I have worked in higher education as a student leader since 2020. I have learned a lot. I have also learned I have more to improve upon. Part of my interest during my State Board for Community and Technical Colleges legislative internship is diversity and inclusion in the higher education landsca...
Hearings resume as session passes major cutoff deadline
The House and Senate passed a critical deadline Wednesday as bills — unless necessary for the budget — originating in their chamber had to be voted out to continue in the legislative process. Moving this week were bills on student basic needs, dual credit, data sharing, nursing and corrections ed...
College system-supported bills moving as session passes halfway mark
Thursday marked session's halfway point, and representatives and senators spent the week on the floor debating and voting on bills ahead of Wednesday's floor cutoff deadline. On the docket this week were bills expanding the Washington College Grant and the College Bound Scholarship, as well as ma...
A new chapter means reflection
Beginning the second half of the legislative session has the same feel as starting a new year. I am not one for resolutions, but at the start of each new year, I like to reflect on what went well and what I want to improve.
Dual credit, basic needs bills on the docket ahead of today's fiscal committee cutoff
House and Senate fiscal committee hearings were long this week but testimony was short as committee members worked to hear and vote on bills ahead of today's fiscal committee cutoff deadline. Following the Feb. 17 policy committee cutoff, the budget-related committees had just this week to comple...
Forging my path and personalizing the process
Moving bills through the legislative process is about relationships, and the student voice is of true value in that work. Those are two of the lessons I've learned so far in my experience as an intern with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Over the last couple of weeks, I band...
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