College system-supported bills moving as session passes last committee cutoff

April 7, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

Tuesday marked the last committee cutoff of the 2023 legislative session when bills with a fiscal impact needed to be voted out of those committees in order to continue in the legislative process. For the community and technical college system, bills on Running Start, nursing education, data shar...

Committees back at work, Running Start, data sharing agreements, student support bills up for hearings

March 17, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

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.

College system-supported bills moving as session passes halfway mark

March 3, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

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...

Dual credit, basic needs bills on the docket ahead of today's fiscal committee cutoff

February 24, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

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...

Week before cutoff, committees hear bills on data sharing, student support

February 10, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

House and Senate committees continued their work this week, hearing bills on creating a data-sharing agreement with The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adding a stipend for students using the Washington College Grant to purchase textbooks and other class materials, expanding t...