tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79918700872851382572024-03-21T08:45:48.535-07:00SBCTC Legislative NewsSBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-20751054493911002622015-07-07T16:41:00.000-07:002015-07-07T16:41:36.209-07:00Operating budget wins praise, Legislature still in overtime<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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the clock ticked toward a July 1 government shutdown, the Legislature approved
a 2015-17 operating budget that won high praise for prioritizing higher
education. Marty Brown, SBCTC executive director, issued this statement:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We
thank the Legislature and governor for prioritizing higher education in the
final state operating budget. This plan recognizes the direct link between
tuition levels and state funding for our colleges, and helps to rebuild
Washington’s role in providing affordable, outstanding higher education.” (</span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/documents/sbctc-statement-op-budget.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read the full
statement</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Although
the Legislature has wrapped up most of its work – including operating,
transportation and capital budgets – lawmakers are still working overtime in a
third special session. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
sticking point is funding for Initiative 1351, which requires K-12 class size
reductions. The operating budget includes class size reductions for grades K-3,
but does not reduce class sizes for the upper grades. The initiative is now
state law, so the Legislature either needs to fund the initiative to the tune
of about $2 billion, or suspend it through a two-thirds majority vote from both
houses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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third, 30-day special session ends July 27.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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2015-17 operating budget, embodied in </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6052&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 6052</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, was signed into law
June 30. Below are highlights for the community and technical college system:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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operating fee portion of tuition is reduced 5 percent for all levels of
coursework beginning this fall. In fall 2016, the operating fee stays flat for
2-year degrees or shorter, but it decreases by an additional 15 percent for
upper level coursework (applied bachelor’s degrees). Beginning fall 2017, operating
fee increases cannot exceed the 14-year average percent increase in the median
hourly wage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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projected lost tuition revenue is backfilled per the accompanying legislation (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5954&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2ESSB 5954</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Need Grant funding was reduced to reflect lower tuition rates, as were the
award amounts for public-college students.</span></div>
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policy is for all employees to receive a 3 percent salary increase in FY 2016
and 1.8 percent in FY 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for the use of local funds to pay for faculty increments for the 2015-17 biennium
only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Other
policy changes</span></u></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Allied
Health: $425,000 annually for Seattle Colleges to operate the Allied Health
Programs at Seattle Central.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Center Aerospace: $580,000 in FY 2016 and another $420,000 in FY 2017 for
expansion of the fabrication composite wing incumbent worker training program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: $750,000 in one-time funding for
initial start-up costs and to develop a plan to offer a BS in computer science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
2015-17 capital budget, embodied in </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1115&year=2015"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">HB 1115</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, was signed into law
June 30. However, the measure authorizing the sale of bonds to finance the
capital projects (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1166&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">ESHB 1166</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">) still awaits action
in the state Senate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are highlights for the community and technical college system:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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overall funding level for community and technical colleges is about 75 percent
of the requested level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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budget funds projects in priority order down through the design for an Advanced
Manufacturing Technologies building at Clover Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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budget includes reductions of 4 percent to 11 percent in construction funding
for individual projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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addition to sufficient reappropriations for all major projects, the legislative
budget includes limited reappropriations for minor work projects that were not
completed in the 2013-15 biennium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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budget includes authority to use certificates of participation (COPs) backed by
local funds as requested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appointed and <b>Shaunta Hyde </b>was
reappointed and both confirmed to the State Board for Community and Technical
Colleges. <b>Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney</b>
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Batayola</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Seattle Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deller</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Everett Community College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Obregon</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Bellevue College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richards,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Big Bend Community College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wigen</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Community Colleges of Spokane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Centralia College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heu-Weller</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">; Bellevue College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jackson,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Shoreline Community College <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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O’Bryan</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Skagit Valley College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Altmayer,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Highline College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sherry
Armijo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Columbia Basin College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tim
Douglas</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Whatcom Community College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Darcey
Fugman-Small</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Walla Walla Community College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hamilton,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lake Washington Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lowery,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Centralia College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Julie
Miller</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, Cascadia College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Page</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
Renton Technical College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rosenblatt,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Pierce College District<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Whitefoot,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yakima Valley Community College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cowan,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Green River College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Mike) Glenn,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Peninsula College<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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following bills of significance were passed and delivered to the governor:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5954&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2ESSB 5954</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> reduces the
operating fee portion of tuition. Beginning in fall 2017, caps operating fee
increases to no more than the 14-year average percent increase in the state
median wage. (For details, see “final operating budget” above.) Awaits governor action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1706</a> grants permissive waivers for building fees and student and activity
fees for active duty military personnel. Signed into law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1961</a> streamlines state statutes for community and technical colleges.
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5638</a> makes permanent, under law, an ongoing budget provision that allows
students to take as few as three credit hours per quarter (or semester
equivalent) to receive or renew State Need Grants. Signed into law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5355</a> modifies the definition of resident student to comply with federal
requirements established by the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act
of 2014. Awaits governor action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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third special session is still underway. Legislative News will be posted again
when significant action is taken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-13141407266768820512015-06-05T14:10:00.000-07:002015-06-05T14:10:09.273-07:00Legislature heads into double overtime, new budget proposals released<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Governor
Inslee called a second special session that began Friday, May 29. This second
round of overtime cannot go longer than 30 days. Legislators are still
negotiating a final budget that includes state employee compensation, a tuition
freeze, financial aid funding, and a number of other policy items related to
community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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updated budget proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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released an updated budget proposal, <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1106&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">2SHB
1106</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="color: blue;">,</span></u></span> and held a public hearing Tuesday,
June 2 in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">House Appropriations
Committee</b>. The $38.4 billion proposal relies on incoming revenue from
numerous sources, but unlike the Senate, relies on new revenue from a capital
gains tax. Highlights for the community and technical college system include:</span></div>
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tuition freeze, with a modest inflation increase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of living increase of 3% (2016) and 1.8% (2017) for all employees; allows for
funding of faculty increments using local funds in 2015-17.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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funding for the State Need Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Expansion
of the MESA Community College program in FY 2017 ($2.5M).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of allied health programs at Seattle Central College ($425K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of aerospace and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships ($1.25M).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for the Labor Education and Research Center at South Seattle College ($500K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science at Bellevue College starting in FY 2017 ($750K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Expansion
of the Year-Up program at Bellevue College to include one college in Eastern
Washington beginning in 2017 ($800K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nick Lutes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, SBCTC operating
budget director, testified before the committee and shared information from the
community and technical college system perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Thank
you for continuing to fully fund collective bargaining agreements and the COLAs
contained within those agreements,” he said. “Freezing tuition and providing a
modest inflation increase in our budget helps keep college affordable for our students
and also recognizes that costs continue to increase for campuses.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1106 was voted out of committee on Wednesday, June 3 and has been referred to
the House Rules Committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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begins at 1:08:50.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">May 29</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> — Senate Republicans
released an updated budget proposal, <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6050&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">SSB 6050</span></a>
and held an executive session in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Senate
Ways and Means Committee</b>. The new $37.9 proposal also relies on incoming
state revenue from a variety of sources including marijuana. Highlights for the
community and technical college system include: </span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Implementation
of <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5954&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">ESSB
5954</span></a>, reducing tuition by 1.8% backfilled with state funds. Tuition is
expected to increase by 2.6% the second year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cost
of living increase of 3% (2016) and 1.8% (2017) for all employees. Funding for
COLAs is tied to passage of <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6126&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">SB
6126</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Composite
wing fabrication training at the WATR Center ($1.58M).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Feasibility
study for a potential two-year college in Graham ($300K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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degree in Computer Science at Bellevue College starting in FY 2017 ($750K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Implementation
of <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5179&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">E2SSB
5179</span></a>, concerning paraeducators, if passed by both chambers ($115K).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SSB
6050 was voted out of committee and has been referred to the Senate Rules
Committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Legislative action on
computer science bill<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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hours of the first special session, legislators passed <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1813&year=2015"><span style="color: blue;">SHB
1813</span></a> that expands computer science education through new K-12 standards, a
scholarship program, and better coordination between secondary and
postsecondary education systems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Drew Hansen</b>, D-Bainbridge
Island, SHB 1813 aims to ultimately increase the number of computer science
degrees in Washington state. This bill has been delivered to the governor for a
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Legislators continue budget negotiations on
2015-17 operating and capital budget proposals as the first special session nears
an end on Thursday, May 28. If legislators are unable to agree on a state
spending plan, the governor may call another 30-day special session.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">May 14</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — The <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> held
a work session on Washington’s nationally recognized transfer system. Speaking
on behalf of the two and four-year higher education systems were <b>Dr. Joyce Hammer, </b>SBCTC transfer
director, and <b>Dr. Jane Sherman</b>,
Council of Presidents associate director for academic policy and WSU vice
provost for academic policy and evaluation. They shared how the two sectors
work together to make sure credits transfer and students know which courses to
take. Among the highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Transfer
students earned 40 percent of all bachelor’s degrees awarded at Washington
public colleges and universities with emphasis in business, allied health,
education, biology and social science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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percent of community and technical college students who transfer with an associate degree successfully
complete a bachelor’s degree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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transfer agreements and common course numbering create a clear route for
students to continue their college education in upper division coursework.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Work
groups such as the Joint Transfer Council bring together college and university
representatives to solve issues and further improve Washington’s transfer
system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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presenting were <b>Jim West</b>, Washington
Student Achievement Council associate director of academic affairs; <b>Tom Fitzsimmons</b>, Independent Colleges
of Washington vice president; and <b>Ben
Laskey</b>, University of Washington Tacoma student.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Representative Chris Reykdal and PACTC</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">May 15 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">— The Presidents’ Assistants for
Community and Technical Colleges (PACTC) recently met to discuss Washington’s
rulemaking process and learned more about the SBCTC. <b>Marty Brown</b>, SBCTC executive director, took PACTC members on a tour
of the capitol, where they met <b>Rep.
Chris Reykdal</b>, D-Tumwater, and <b>Rep.
Ross Hunter</b>, D-Medina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Representative Ross Hunter and PACTC</span></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">May 5-7 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">— <b>Jon
Kerr, </b>SBCTC Basic Education for Adults director and <b>Alison Grazzini</b>, SBCTC legislative director, accompanied Seattle
Central College graduate <b>Taleah Mitchell</b>
to Washington, D.C. to discuss college and career pathways for nontraditional
students. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was invited by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, to testify before the
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) regarding her
pathway to college through Seattle Central’s I-BEST program. Mitchell also discussed
how a comprehensive financial aid package coupled with advising services led to
her successful completion of a Business Technology certificate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Murray and members of the HELP committee are holding summer work sessions to
discuss reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). This Act is
important to the higher education system as it funds the Pell Grant and other
important programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unfolds in Olympia relevant to community and technical college issues.</span>SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-16051304767910914102015-04-10T12:16:00.000-07:002015-04-10T12:19:52.050-07:00Another bill deadline approaches, budget talks continue<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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April 15 cutoff date for House bills to pass out of the Senate, and for Senate
bills to pass out of the House. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A system-request bill (<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2015">HB
1706</a>) to waive building and student activity fees for active duty military
personnel has passed the House and is now in the Senate Rules committee
awaiting a floor vote. Another system-request bill to streamline statutes (<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015">HB
1961</a>) has passed both chambers and awaits the governor’s signature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">April 9</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — The <b>Senate Ways and Means Committee</b>
approved its version of the capital budget, which is now in the Rules Committee
to be scheduled for a floor vote </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1115&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(EHB 1115)</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The proposal provides $269.5
million for community and technical college capital projects, which is 73
percent of the system’s overall request of $367 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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governor’s proposal, it follows the system priority list but funds only the
first 16 of 24 projects on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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proposals by the governor and the House, the plan cuts funding for construction
projects on the list by 5 to 13 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and technical college system representatives shared concerns at an April 8 hearing.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dr. Jean Hernandez</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Edmonds Community
College president, urged full funding of the system’s capital priorities list,
including design funds for a new Science, Engineering and Technology Building
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This
is a building that will allow us to both address the capacity and the need for
the science areas, including allied health, engineering, natural sciences,
materials science and construction programs at the college,” she said. “In
addition, it will allow us to train teachers in the science and math fields
through our partnership with Central Washington University.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stuart Trippel</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Shoreline Community
College executive director for business and student support services, discussed
the need for design funding for a new Allied Health, Science and Manufacturing
project. The project will replace five, one-story buildings that are about 50
years old with one, four-story building for STEM programs that serve
educational needs between Seattle and Tacoma. With full funding, the system can
“move forward with first-rate projects advanced by the State Board for the
2015-2017 biennium,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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vice president for administrative services, shared concerns about additional
reductions in construction funding for a College Instruction Center. The
project replaces an aging art, music and theater building with a single new
multipurpose facility for health occupations and other programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“By
going through OFM’s budget evaluation study last year, we validated the program
needs and the cost estimate and have already cut millions of dollars from the
original project budget. Further trimming the funding…doesn’t account for the
infrastructure necessary for this project.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Steve Ward</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Centralia College vice president for
finance and administration, expressed appreciation for construction funds for a
new Student Services building, but explained that the proposed funding is
significantly less than the estimated costs of construction. “We’ve kept the
costs consistent with our design phase request and the project is now ready to
bid. Our students and community are already contributing $5 million to this
project and the proposed substitute is a $1.5 million cut to the construction
budget.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brown</b>, SBCTC executive director, testified before the <b>Senate Ways and Means Committee</b> on dual credit opportunities
provided by colleges and universities for high school students (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1546&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">E2HB 1546</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">). The bill now
prioritizes funding for students of low-income and those attending small and
rural high schools. It also clarifies the definitions of “Running Start” and
“College in the High School” dual-credit programs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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access,” Brown said. “We support the subsidies that are provided here, we
support eliminating the use of Running Start funds for courses offered in the
high school, and we support the small and rural school provisions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bill was passed out of the Ways and Means Committee April 7 and is now in the
Rules Committee awaiting further action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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each other’s bills next week to meet the April 15 cutoff date for floor
passage. Budget discussions will heat up as the Legislature counts down to the
April 26 end of regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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proposed operating and budget plans last week. The House sent both its
operating and capital budgets to the Senate. Meanwhile, the Senate voted into
the night on its own operating budget plan, only to put it on hold until this
afternoon. The Senate has not yet introduced a capital budget proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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early morning hours on Friday, April 3 to pass its version of the operating
budget. Fatigued, the Senate decided to resume the debate on this afternoon.
For details on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5077&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">SB 5077</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> and a summary of
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approved its operating budget proposal and sent it to the Senate. Contained in </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1106&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">ESHB 1106</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, the plan</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Freezes tuition and
provides institutional support to help offset inflation and other costs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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State Need Grant. For 2013-14, 33,557 eligible students were unable to receive
a State Need Grant due to insufficient funds. Just more than half of those
students — 18,774 — attended community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fully funds collective
bargaining agreements, including salary increases, as negotiated by the
governor’s office: 3% the first year, 1.8% the second (including Highline
College and Yakima Valley Community College). Those increases are also given to
I-732-covered employees. Remaining compensation items (health benefit
contributions, pension contributions) are also fully funded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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expand the MESA Community and Technical College Program to seven more colleges,
bringing the total to 13. The program helps under-represented students succeed
in college and pursue STEM careers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Two floor amendments addressed topics that had previously
received testimony from the community and technical college system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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by the college system, would allow the Department of Corrections to use existing
state funds to offer associate degrees in prison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would allow, for the 2015-2017 biennium, community and technical colleges to
use local funds to pay for increments when the state fails to do so. System
representatives had previously expressed concern that this would draw funds
away from programs and services needed by students and use one-time funds for
ongoing expenses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier
in the week (March 30), SBCTC Executive Director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marty Brown</b> and Pierce College District Chancellor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michele Johnson</b> testified before the
House Appropriations Committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“This
is a good budget for our system of 34 community and technical colleges and the
nearly 400,000 students we serve,” said Brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Thank you for the tuition freeze coupled with the institutional support
to reflect inflation and other costs so our students and colleges can
successfully plan for the future.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Johnson
applauded the House for fully funding collective bargaining agreements
negotiated through the governor’s office.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“As you
know, [faculty and staff] have not received an increase by the Legislature
since 2008 or a COLA under I-732. Not only will this boost morale, but it will
go a long way in helping us retain and recruit quality faculty and staff,” she
said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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proposed capital budget </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">April 2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> — The House of Representatives
approved its capital budget proposal and sent it to the Senate. Contained in </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2015&bill=1115"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">EHB 1115</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, the plan</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Provides $272 million
for community and technical college capital projects, which is 74 percent of
the system’s request of $367.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Follows the system
priority list but funds only the first 15 of 24 projects on the list, one less
than the governor’s capital budget proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier
in the week (March 30) A panel of community and technical college
representatives <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>expressed concern that
many projects only received partial funding and nine were left off the list
altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Denise Yochum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, Pierce College Fort
Steilacoom president, discussed the community and technical college system’s
competitive process for selecting and ranking projects on the capital priority
list. Each year, the system uses a predetermined set of criteria to classify
and prioritize capital projects. That list is submitted to the Legislature as
its capital budget request. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“The scoring process gives colleges a level playing field
in which to compete for the state’s limited capital budget resources,” Yochum
said. “This competition is tough and only the best proposals are added to the
system’s request. While we appreciate the [House] following our prioritized
list, we are concerned with the reduction in funding for projects that have
already been designed, and we are concerned with the overall funding level
which is proposed to be the lowest in recent history.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
panel also stressed that new projects and building renovations were necessary
for colleges to continue delivering high quality programs to meet student,
employer and community demand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Linda Schoonmaker</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, Clover Park Technical College vice president for finance and administration,
discussed funding to design the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This project will allow us to continue providing relevant professional and
technical education in a broad range of career fields to meet the needs of
local students and businesses,” she said. “By consolidating our manufacturing
programs into this new space, we will have a facility that allows us to serve
more students as well as one that serves the high-dollar and state-of-the-art
equipment across the programs.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bruce Riveland</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, Olympic College vice president for administrative services,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">pointed out that building projects serve not only an
economic development purpose, but also a practical one. The college’s request
for design funding to renovate a Shop Building — which houses welding,
composites and precision machinery programs — would help meet local demand for aerospace
training and also include an elevator or ADA access to programs on the
building’s second floor.<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Steve Ward</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, Centralia College vice president for finance and administration,
discussed a proposed $2.4 million cut in construction funding for a Student Services
building. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Our students and community are already contributing $5
million to the project,” he said. Funding the construction phase as proposed
will require us to raise more money or reduce the scope of work before it could
be bid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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approves budget plan<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">April 2 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">– The Senate Ways and Means Committee
approved its version of the operating budget proposal. Contained in </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5077&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">SB 5077</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, the plan</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Freezes tuition the
first year and reduces it the second year by 2% starting at 16 credits. It fully
offsets lost tuition revenue, but includes no institutional support for
inflation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Reduces the State Need
Grant to reflect lower tuition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rejects collective
bargaining agreements negotiated by the governor’s office (including Highline
College and Yakima Valley Community College).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For employees covered by those agreements, the Senate proposes a $1,000
increase per employee for each of the next two years and is dependent upon
agreement being reached by June 30. The $1,000 increase also applies to
nonrepresented employees. I-732-covered employees are scheduled to receive
COLAs anticipated to be 1.8% the first year and 1.3% the second year. The plan
provides state funding for 85% of the above salary increases with the colleges
providing the remaining balance from existing resources, a $3 million cost to
the system. The remaining compensation items (health benefit contributions,
pension contributions) are funded at 65% an additional cost of $3 to $4
million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Includes an estimated
$3.6 million “lean savings” cut in the back of the budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier
in the week (March 31) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marty Brown</b>,
SBCTC executive director, testified on the measure before the Senate Ways &
Means Committee. He thanked the committee for freezing tuition and backfilling
the second year reduction, and for providing funding for I-732. However, he
expressed concern about the rejection of negotiated collective bargaining
agreements and the compensation-funding burden placed on colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up later this week<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Senate will resume floor action on its
budget plan today. Policy bills that have survived thus far have until April 7 to
pass fiscal committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-84403039801748061912015-03-27T14:28:00.000-07:002015-03-27T14:28:51.850-07:00Committee work continues in week before second policy cutoff date<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Committee work continued at a fast pace this
week as the next policy cutoff date arrives Wednesday, April 1. Community and
technical college system request bills on fee waivers, streamlining statutes
and corrections all received hearings. The House operating and capital budget
proposals were released today at 11:30 a.m. with hearings scheduled for Monday,
March 30. Details will be provided in next week’s edition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 26</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Bills to reduce student tuition and find
dedicated funding for higher education received public testimony before the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5954&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">ESSB 5954</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> would tie resident
undergraduate tuition to a percent of the state’s average wage for all public colleges
and universities. The percentages vary depending on whether the college is a
community or technical college, a regional university or a research university.
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cap of 6 percent of the state’s average wage, the community and technical
college system would lose about $7 million per year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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provided in the 2013-15 operating budget, plus additional funding to backfill
any reductions in tuition revenue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would place tax revenue collected on financial institutions’ investments or loans
into a fund to backfill any tuition reductions in the 2015-17 operating budget.
The proposal would be sent to voters as a referendum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concerns on both bills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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students have about high tuition and student debt, and respect the Legislature’s
efforts to hold tuition study. But we can’t maintain the quality for our nearly
400,000 students with no additional state funds if tuition is held constant or
reduced,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 24</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — A wide array of
people testified before the <b>Senate Law
and Justice Committee</b> in favor of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1704</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, which would allow the Department of
Corrections to use existing funds to offer associate degrees in prisons. Three
community college representatives appeared before the committee to voice their
support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Luke Robins</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Peninsula College
president, pointed out that education helps offenders find jobs, re-enter
society and avoid returning to a life of crime. For every dollar invested in
prison education, taxpayers save $20, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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College director of correctional education, discussed how education turns
prisoners’ lives around. “Seeing how transformative postsecondary education is
to offenders is truly inspiring,” she said. “Classrooms that encourage
discussion and critical thinking are key places to promote civil behavior and
will lead to long-term safety in our communities.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">David Murley</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Spokane Community
College dean of corrections education, said he sees the value of prison
education despite being a “staunch conservative.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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question isn’t ‘why do we pay for this?’ We’re going to have to pay for them
for the rest of their lives if we don’t do this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Staffing testified from a business perspective. “Having a skilled worker come
into our office is very important. It gives them a trajectory. They can see the
vision. They can see where they’re going in their life as opposed to a dead end
job,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 24</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The <b>Senate Higher Education
Committee</b> heard the community and technical college system-request bill on
cleaning up statues related to the colleges (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">HB 1961</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">). <b>Alison Grazzini</b>, SBCTC
legislative director, testified in favor of the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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technical colleges joined our college system in the early ‘90s, it adds
technical colleges to existing provisions, and provides general cleanup to make
things read a little easier,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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advancing them to the next step in the legislative process:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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registration process available to spouses and domestic partners of active
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heard Tuesday by the <b>House Higher
Education Committee</b>. Two — </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5518&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SSB 5518 </span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5719&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SSB 5719</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> — address campus sexual violence and prevention. The third bill, supported
by community and technical college system, would waive building and activities
fees for active duty members of the military (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SB 5620</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5719, taking the opportunity to remind committee members of the uniqueness of
community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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federal requirements, as we testified in the Senate,” Holliday said of SSB
5518. “We are literally awash in federal requirements both legislative and
executive and trying our best to keep up with those so we are very appreciative
that the bill is seeking to be aligned with federal requirements.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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implement a model student conduct code and developing procedures and connecting
students with resources, which SSB 5518 would require colleges to do. The bill
would also require the 34 colleges to conduct a campus climate survey of
employees and students and develop memoranda of understanding with local law
enforcement agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prevention. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges would participate
in the taskforce along with the state’s other colleges and universities, the
Washington Student Achievement Council, the Council of Presidents, law
enforcement and the attorney general’s office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fundamentally different than university environments,” Holliday said while testifying
on SSB 5719. “We’re happy to see our representation on the taskforce. We’d like
to see identified best practices in non-residential campuses, [and] best
practices involving adjunct faculty as supporters.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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active duty members who are receiving tuition assistance on our campuses who
would come the next semester or next quarter and find that they have an extra
$200 on their bill,” Lutes said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 23</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Marty Brown</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, SBCTC executive
director, testified Monday before the <b>Senate
Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee</b> on dual credit opportunities
for high school-aged students (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1546&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">E2SHB 1546</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">). He expressed the community and technical college system’s support of
Running Start and College in the High School, which provide 11<sup>th</sup> and
12<sup>th</sup> graders a chance to earn high school and college credit at the
same time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Dual credit is a very valuable tool for access to higher
education in our state,” Brown said. “We urge you to expand it and at the same
time continue the rigor that is needed while returning programs to their
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The community and technical college system in the 2013-14
academic year saw more than 20,000 high school juniors and seniors taking
classes through Running Start. Nearly 4,000 high school students were served by
six community and technical colleges through College in the High School
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is now waiting a hearing in the <b>Senate
Ways and Means Committee</b>. The amended version allows a program called
“Running Start in the High School” to be offered only at high schools that are
30 miles away from institutions of higher education, which already offer
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work on bills by the Wednesday cutoff date. Policy bills must be voted out of
those committees in order to continue in the legislative process. The House
operating and capital budget proposals are scheduled for public hearings on
Monday and voted out on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pace on hearings after last week’s chamber cutoff date. House committees now
hear bills that passed the Senate, and Senate committees now hear bills that
passed the House. Community and technical college system request bills on
streamlining statutes and waiving fees for active duty military both received
hearings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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19</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> — The <b>Senate
Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1052&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB
1052</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, which would require colleges and
universities to offer early registration to spouses and domestic partners of
active duty service members. <b>Scott
Copeland</b>, SBCTC student affairs policy associate, testified in favor of the
measure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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limited timeframe and you must take the courses that apply to your [certificate
or degree]. This would not be a big impact at all and it makes the most sense,”
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in favor of </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB
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building and student activity fees for active duty military. The system request
bill would remove a financial burden on service members who, under Department
of Defense Tuition Assistance Program rules, must now pay out-of-pocket for
non-tuition expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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credit hours for aid, resident requirements receive House Higher Education
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 18</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Currently, students may take as little as three credit
hours per quarter (or the semester equivalent) to receive or renew State Need
Grants. Already in effect under the budget, this threshold would become
permanent under </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5638&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5638</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, SBCTC student affairs policy associate,
testified in favor of the measure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The committee moved onto </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5355&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SSB 5355</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, which would
modify the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements
established by the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014.
Copeland testified in favor of the measure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Higher Education Committee. The bill would require all of Washington’s 34
community and technical colleges to post online detailed budget information
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know, our system of 34 colleges has always supported transparency in a variety
of ways,” Grazzini said. “This information is already posted on our website and
is available going years back. On students’ tuition statements we provide, by
college, all sources of revenue and how those funds are spent. The work under
this bill is new, it is real, and it has significant impact to our college
staff.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b>
Tuesday in support of </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SB 5977</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">. The community and technical college system request bill
would clean up statutes related to the colleges. It also expires old bonds,
defunded programs, pilots and waivers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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companion, </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">HB 1961</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, unanimously passed the House March 2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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technical college system request bill on corrections education (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB
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military members and streamlining statutes related to the colleges are
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this 105-day session and the next cutoff date is just around the corner. Bills
must be voted out of their originating chamber by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11
to move forward in the legislative process. The only exemptions are budget bills and bills considered
"necessary to implement the budget." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Senate have taken votes on sweeping measures with a statewide impact. The
Senate approved a broad transportation package, while the House approved
legislation to increase the minimum wage and expand paid sick leave
requirements to more businesses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rep. Derek Stanford (D-Bothell), passed the House on a unanimous vote Monday
(97-0-1). The bill and its companion </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5620</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
(passed the Senate 49-0),</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> prime-sponsored by Sen. Barbara Bailey
(R-Oak Harbor), would grant permissive waivers for building and student
activity fees for active duty military. Due to a recent change to the
Department of Defense’s Tuition Assistance Program, only tuition is covered for
students, but not the associated fees. Students using the assistance program to
attend college need to make up the difference in costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rep. Hans Zeiger (R-Puyallup), passed the house unanimously Monday (97-0-1).
The bill’s Senate companion, </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5977</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
prime-sponsored by Sen. Barbara </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bailey (R-Oak Harbor), passed that chamber on
a unanimous vote Wednesday (49-0). The bills would expire old bonds, defund
programs, pilots, and waivers within the community and technical college system
to improve efficiency and streamline provisions within state statutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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education<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1704</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, prime-sponsored by
Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D-Seattle), is on the House Floor Calendar awaiting a
vote. The bill would allow community and technical colleges to provide
associate degrees in corrections institutions. Currently, CTCs partner with the
Department of Corrections to provide basic skills and vocational training to
help offenders be job-ready when they re-enter society. The bill has no fiscal
impact as this work will be part of the existing educational contract.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bills important to the community and technical college system are also moving
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5638&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">State Need Grant
eligibility for less-than-half-time students</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
(SB 5638)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5355&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amending the
definition of resident student for veteran benefits (HB 1825/SB 5355)</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">More
details are available in our latest </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Committee hearings on bills related to higher
education will take a temporary hiatus in the beginning of this week as the
House and Senate focus on floor voting in time for the Wednesday, March 11
cutoff. Committees may resume hearings on higher education bills, although the
committee agendas are still in flux.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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public testimony last week as the Legislature prepared for a Feb. 27 cutoff
date for bills to pass fiscal committees. Several system request bills remain
standing as the Legislature now turns its attention to working on a state
budget and passing bills off the House and Senate floors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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25</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> — The House Appropriations Committee took
testimony on a system-request bill to allow community and technical colleges to
provide associate degrees in correctional institutions (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB
1704</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">). This would be done within existing funds
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Walsh</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, SBCTC policy associate for corrections
education, testified in favor of the bill. He noted three fiscal benefits:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be delivered within existing funds. The bill has no fiscal impact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Corrections
education would deliver positive financial impact to the state, bringing in
$23,000 annually in taxpayer and societal benefits and a return on investment
of more than $20 for every dollar spent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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educated workforce is critical to meeting growing demands from employers.
Corrections education would give offenders reentering communities the skills
they need to find sustainable employment while reducing post-incarceration costs
and chances of that person reoffending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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compensation, dual-credit bills heard in House Appropriations </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 24</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — About 20 bills received public
testimony before the <b>House
Appropriations Committee</b>, including bills on<b> </b>veterans residency, faculty increments and dual-credit programs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1825&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SHB 1825</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would modify the definition of resident student to comply
with federal requirements established by the Veterans Access, Choice and
Accountability Act of 2014. <b>Scott
Copeland</b>, SBCTC student services policy associated, testified in favor of
the measure, explaining that it would ensure veterans and eligible spouses
continue to receive educational benefits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1863&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1863</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would require community and technical colleges to pay for
negotiated step increases — up to a certain amount — even if the Legislature
doesn’t provide funding. Colleges would be authorized to use local funds for
the increases, up to 1.2 percent of each college’s faculty salary base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, SBCTC
executive director, recognized the need for step increases and expressed
appreciation for the proposed cap on increment spending. However, he said the
state should take responsibility for fully funding those increases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The community and technical college system has requested, and
continues to request, state funding [for] these increments, but we have not gotten
them for the past six years,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brown said the governor’s budget proposal would complicate matters
by under-funding faculty and staff salary increases and using tuition revenues
to pay for the $28 million balance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Faculty and staff salaries and increments are our system’s top
priority, but we cannot manage increments and salary increases without general
fund dollars from the state,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Colleges and faculty representatives are continuing to work on an
equitable and predictable solution for funding STEP increases, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Testifying in favor of the measure were <b>Wendy Rader-Konofalski </b>and
<b>Bernal Baca</b>, government liaisons for the Washington Education
Association and American Federation of Teachers Washington respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1546&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SHB 1546</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> would allow
tenth graders to participate in College in the High School and Running Start – two
separate dual-credit programs now offered only to juniors and seniors – and waive
fees for low-income students. College in the High School is offered in high
school; Running Start is offered on college campuses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over the next several years, it would also phase out a newer
hybrid approach offered by two universities. It’s named “Running Start in the
High School.” Like the original College in the High School program, the program
takes place in high schools, is tuition-free, and charges students a fee to
help offset costs. The difference is that the program also draws funds through
the Running Start program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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program and to standardize the funding sources for dual-credit programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, SBCTC
executive director, expressed concern that the substitute bill would delay
legislative action on Running Start in the High School by phasing the program
out over two years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We strongly support dual credit
programs. As a matter of fact, in 2013-14 our colleges’ Running Start programs
allowed 20,100 11<sup>th</sup>- and 12<sup>th</sup>-grade students to take college
courses, earning both high school and college credit. And nearly 4,000 students
were served by our college in the high school programs, a 12 percent increase
from the previous year. We supported the original bill but we have concerns
about the substitute. The bill should be clear that Running Start is a program
on college campuses and college in the high school is exactly that: in the high
school. Institutions should not be receiving Running Start money for providing
college in the high school merely by calling it Running Start.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Allows
community and technical colleges to provide associate degrees in corrections
institutions within existing funds through an ongoing contract with the
Department of Corrections. This bill has been referred to the Rules Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ties
Basic Education for Adults program funding to a caseload model. These bills did
not pass their respective fiscal committees before the cutoff date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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permissive waivers for building and student and activity fees for active duty
military. These bills have been referred to the Rules Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1961</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Zeiger)/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5977</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Bailey)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">streamlines
statutes governing the community and technical college system by expiring old
bonds, defunded programs, pilots, and waivers. These bills have been referred
to the Rules Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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members of the House and Senate debate and vote on bills to send to the
opposite chamber. Legislators have until March 11 to pass bills out of their
originating house for them to continue in the legislative process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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today: bills must advance out their originating house’s policy committees by
the end of the day today to continue in the legislative process. House and
Senate committees took action on community and technical college system request
bills on corrections education, Basic Education for Adults, fee waivers and
streamlining statues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 19 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Members of the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> took testimony on two bills
affecting the community and technical college system — one would make permanent
changes to the State Need Grant for part-time students, and the other would
streamline statutes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Currently,
students may take as little as three credit hours per quarter (or the semester
equivalent) to receive or renew State Need Grants. Already in effect under the
2013-15 operating budget, this threshold would become permanent under </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5638&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5638</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Need Grant awards
are prorated depending on the number of credit a student takes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“With
our students — non-traditional, many single parents, many have children, many
have employment opportunities part-time or full-time — life does get in the way
occasionally,” said <b>Scott Copeland</b>,
SBCTC policy associate for student services. “This allows that momentum to
continue so they can progress toward their certificate or degree.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reiterated that the bill provides eligibility with no additional costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also took up a college system request bill to streamline community and
technical college-related statutes (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5977</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">). <b>Alison Grazzini</b>, SBCTC legislative
director, testified in favor of the bill. This bill is the Senate companion to </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1961</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, to which Grazzini
testified Tuesday during the <b>House
Higher Education Committee </b>hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 17 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Members of the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5954&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5954</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, which would tie
resident undergraduate tuition to a percent of the state’s average wage for all
public higher education institutions. The percents vary depending on whether
the college is a community or technical college, a regional university or a
research university. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be required to keep, at a minimum, the allocations provided in the
2013-15 operating budget, plus additional funding to backfill any reductions in
tuition revenue. Colleges and universities could not reduce their enrollments
below the 2014-15 academic year levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
community and technical colleges, the bill would reduce annual tuition by about
$58. However, community and technical
colleges systemwide would lose about $7 million per year because the colleges
set different tuitions for two-year and four-year degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, SBCTC executive director, testified
on behalf of Washington’s community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We do
really respect the fact that you’re trying to reduce or at least maintain
tuition because we understand the anxieties of high tuition and student debt,”
he said. “[We] want to work with you continually on that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anticipating
savings to the State Need Grant, the bill would allow the Legislature to reduce
appropriations to the program. Brown recommended protecting the State Need
Grant from cuts and using any savings to serve more eligible students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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members also held trustee confirmation hearings for <b>Teresita Batayola</b>, Seattle College District, <b>Kathryn Bennett</b>, Skagit Valley College, and <b>Doris Wood</b>, Centralia College.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
committee also took executive action on the system-request bill that calls for
a caseload method of funding Basic Education for Adults (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5619&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5619</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">) programs and made four
trustee appointments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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advising, regulation cleanup heard in House committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 17 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on several bills
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1958&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1958</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would bar colleges
and universities from assigning textbooks that cost more than $100, unless
there were no comparable alternatives or open course materials available. <b>Alexandra Minea</b> and <b>Robert Lasker</b> testified in favor of the
measure on behalf of the Washington Community and Technical College Student
Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“If
students are not able to afford [textbooks], often times they opt out of their
classes and this prolongs their time for graduation,” Minea said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also pointed out that textbook revisions are often minimal and not always
warranted. “What are the changes within these new editions? It may just be that
the font has changed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1958&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1961</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> is a system request
bill to remove old bond statutes, clean up regulations and tie up loose ends
from technical colleges’ 1991 move from the K-12 system to the two-year college
system. <b>Alison Grazzini</b>, SBCTC
legislative director, testified in favor of the measure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We appreciate
the opportunity to participate in good government cleanup, thereby improving
our ability to focus on the kinds of services that today’s Legislature has
asked us to do, such as improving access and affordability to the nearly
400,000 students we serve each year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1982&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB
1982</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> would create an “Innovations for Student
Completion Program” for community and technical colleges. The program would
include proactive advising and mentoring, new student orientation and student
success courses. It would also include degree or certificate mapping and career
counseling. An early alert component would connect advisors to classroom data
so they could intervene when a student is at-risk of not completing. Students
who drop out before graduating would be “recaptured,” and an attendance pilot
project would be created at one college chosen by the State Board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jan Yoshiwara</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
SBCTC deputy director for education services, pointed out that advising is a priority
in the system’s 2015-17 operating budget request. She also shared a concern
about the possibility of an unfunded mandate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“If funds are not appropriated to implement this bill, we
would be left with an unfunded mandate and have to make very difficult choices
between quality instruction and quality advising. We need both.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mary Chikwinya</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
Tacoma Community College vice president for student services, discussed the
“Declared and Prepared” advising model. Incoming TCC students participate in
student orientation, are assessed for college-readiness, participate in student
success courses, and are assigned an advisor. Once students finish the first
level of college math and English, they are “Declared and Prepared” and
assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them stay on track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Career Coaches” help students clarify their goals and
create an education plan for their entire course of study. “Completion Coaches”
focus on retrieving students who drop out just shy of 10 or 15 credits of
completion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“We reach out to those students, try to work with them,
help them identify what they need to complete — whether it’s at our college or
somewhere else. They can transfer those credits back and get their AA degree,”
she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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here are the system request bills still in play:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1704</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Pettigrew)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Allows
community and technical colleges to provide associate degrees in corrections
institutions within existing funds through an ongoing contract with the
Department of Corrections. This bill passed House Higher Education and has been
referred to the House Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
similar measure, </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5354&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5354</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Hargrove), did not
pass the Senate Law & Justice Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1705&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1705</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Haler)/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5619&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5619</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Bailey)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ties
Basic Education for Adults program funding to a caseload model. These bills
passed their respective higher education committees and have been referred to House
Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1706</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Stanford)/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5620</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Bailey)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grants
permissive waivers for building and student and activity fees for active duty
military. These bills passed their respective higher education committees and
have been referred to the Rules Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1961&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1961</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Zeiger)/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5977</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Bailey)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">streamlines
statutes governing the community and technical college system by expiring old
bonds, defunded programs, pilots, and waivers. These bills passed their
respective higher education committees and have been referred to the Rules
Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up next week<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Next week, the Legislature’s fiscal
committees will be hard at work before their Friday cutoff date. All bills in
those committees must be passed in order to continue moving in the Legislative
process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is Feb. 20 and the Legislature is hard at work hearing testimony and voting on
bills. Committee members in the House and Senate heard community and technical
college system request bills on Basic Education for Adults, corrections
education and fee waivers for active duty military members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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considers adult basic education, minimum GPA for financial aid<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Feb.
12 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A proposal to require students to maintain a
2.5 GPA to renew their State Need Grant received a hearing before the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Scott
Copeland</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, SBCTC student services policy associate,
explained that community and technical colleges already have a minimum 2.0 GPA.
He shared several concerns about </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5547&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">SB 5547</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:
The bill could derail students, delay their time to graduation, entice them to take
easier coursework, or create a roadblock for transferring to a university that
requires less than a 2.5 GPA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Senate also heard testimony on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5619&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">SB 5619</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
which calls for a caseload method of funding Basic Education for Adults programs.
<b>Jon Kerr</b> and <b>Nick Lutes</b> of SBCTC and <b>Lori
Griffin</b> of Pierce College mirrored their earlier testimony before the House
Higher Education Committee. (See their Feb. 10 testimony on companion measure </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1705&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB 1705</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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education student at South Puget Sound Community College who will graduate this
summer and attend The Evergreen State College.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> “I had
been out of school for 35 years. I was a crack addict. I came in and built a
community within the classroom. This gave me a sense of pride and dignity,” she
said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Senate Higher Education Committee also
heard testimony on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5676&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">SB 5676</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
a bill that would require the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
to offer more than one high school equivalency test, beyond the current GED</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">®.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sager</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, SBCTC high school equivalency
administrator, repeated concerns she shared Feb. 10 with the House Higher
Education Committee on companion measure </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1743&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB 1743</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Please reconsider offering a less rigorous
test that will confuse test-takers and employers, add costs to the test centers
and increase the gap for those students most in need of the skills to get a
living wage job,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hears agency bills on corrections education, fees <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 11 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Members of the <b>House Higher Education Committee </b>heard testimony on three bills
affecting community and technical colleges. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1704&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1704</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">would allow the Department of Corrections to fund associate
degree programs in prison. <b>Dr.
Luke Robins</b>, Peninsula College president, testified in favor of the
agency-request measure. Peninsula is one of eight community colleges offering correctional
education programs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Gainful
employment post-release is a win for both the state and the correctional
inmate,” Robins said. “Providing additional post-secondary educational
opportunities for inmates is both evidence-based and cost-effective.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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testifying in favor of the bill was <b>Loretta
Taylor</b>, Walla Walla Community College director of corrections education,
and <b>Eric Flint</b>, a former inmate at
the Washington State Penitentiary who earned an associate degree, funded through
a private grant, while incarcerated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This
has given me the opportunity to be a success, provide for my family and for
those around me, and to give back to my community,” Flint said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1706</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">also an agency-request bill, would allow colleges to
waive building and service and activity fees for active duty military members. <span style="background: white;">Through rule changes, the Defense
Department’s Tuition Assistance Program no longer covers those fees, requiring
the student to pay out of pocket. </span>This bill is the House version of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5620</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, which passed the Senate Higher Education
Committee.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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director, testified in favor of the House bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“As you can imagine, we are concerned [about the]
approximately 2,500 active duty military members within the community and
technical college system who are returning from deployment. We’re concerned
they’ll face additional fees when coming back to our campuses,” she said. “This
bill picks up where the tuition assistance program leaves off.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1825&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1825</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would modify the definition of resident
student to comply with federal requirements established by the Veterans Access,
Choice and Accountability Act of 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We
support this bill,” said <b>Scott Copeland</b>,
SBCTC student services policy associate. “To be perfectly blunt, failure to
pass this and align with the federal regulations [means] none of the current
15,000 students on educational benefits that our sector serves will be eligible
any longer for their veterans benefits.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
bill is the House companion bill to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5355&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5355</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, which the Senate Higher Education Committee
amended and passed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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association-backed bill heard in House committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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11 — </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Alexandra Minea, representing the Washington
Community and Technical College Student Association (WACTCSA), testified before
the <b>House Early Learning and Human
Services Committee</b> on a bill to allow students to use electronic benefit
transfer (EBT) cards on campus. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1820&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB 1820</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
would require the Department of Social and Health Services to request the
necessary federal exemption. About 19,000 community and technical college
students are eligible for EBT cards.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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students to have access to nutritional food on campus with the use of their
electronic benefit transfer cards,” Minea said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Basic Education, GED<sup>®</sup> and budget details topic of House testimony<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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10 —</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> System representatives made the case for
dedicated funding for Basic Education Programs for Adults at a <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> meeting.
They spoke in favor of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1705&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HB 1705</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
saying the measure would allow more Washingtonians to learn the skills needed
to move up in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Basic Education for Adults programs provide
basic skills for adults who lack a high-school level education. When
state-budget cuts hit, these programs are often the most vulnerable because
they don’t bring in tuition revenue. Students pay only $25 per quarter for classes, but many colleges waive the fee for students who cannot afford that amount.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">House Bill 1705 would tie state funding to a
caseload model, much like the K-12 system. This would provide more reliable
funding based on the number of students who actually come through the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kerr</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, SBCTC Basic Education for Adults director,
testified in favor of the agency-request bill, noting that about 700,000 Washington
adults lack basic skills needed for college and careers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Stable caseload funding would allow us to
expand capacity, greatly increasing student access, transition to postsecondary
education and completion,” he said. “And most importantly, it would provide
family sustaining job opportunities for our basic skills adults while meeting
the needs of Washington’s 21st century workforce.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nick Lutes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, SBCTC operating
budget director, discussed the policy goals behind the bill. “Basic skills has
suffered during the recession,” he said. “The policy goal here is to isolate
and dedicate funding for the program.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for transitional education, gave examples of innovative and successful basic education
programs. These include I-DEA (Integrated Digital English Acceleration), an
English language program that uses a “flipped” classroom approach. Students complete
online modules to learn, practice and develop knowledge of concepts before
coming to class. They then use classroom time to apply and practice what
they’ve learned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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went from a fourth-grade level education in Chicago to becoming an assistant
manager at Nordstrom thanks to Seattle Central College’s I-BEST program. I-BEST
pairs basic education with hands-on job experience so students learn in
real-world settings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had a whole plethora of people not only supporting me but giving me the
structure and skills and teaching me how to take that next step,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Higher Education Committee also turned its attention to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1743&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1743</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The bill would require the State Board for
Community and Technical Colleges to offer another type of high school
equivalency test in addition to the 2014 GED</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">®</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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equivalency administrator, explained that the GED</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">®</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
was selected by an independent group of adult educators and other stakeholders.
They compared the costs and rigor of various tests and recommended the GED</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">®</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The pass rate in Washington is 71 percent,
she said. And while the number of students taking the test has dropped, that’s typical
whenever a new test is launched. The new test has only been in effect for one
year and faculty face a learning curve with the curricula.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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new test began just a year ago, so we’ve only had a year to look at it. We have
a 71 percent pass rate, which we’re very proud of, as it is one of the highest
in the nation,” she said in testimony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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explained that she took the GED</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">®</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> when she was a welfare
mother of three in 1993. “I am the last person who would ever want to put a
barrier in front of a student to get a living wage job or further education,”
she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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committee moved onto </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1893&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1893</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, which would require SBCTC to post on its
website detailed budget information about the use of local funds at each of the
34 colleges. <b>Nick Lutes</b>, SBCTC
operating budget director, explained that the agency is already required to report
revenue sources by college and how tuition revenue is spent. Students are given
a link on their tuition statements. SBCTC also posts online an “Academic Year
Report,” which provides multiple perspectives on college expenditures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and technical college faculty have gone without state funding for step
increases since 2008. Increments or step increases are funded through a
combination of local turnover savings and state funds. State funds cover about
two-thirds of the cost. The lack of state funding has resulted in faculty only
receiving partial payment for their earned step increases. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would require community and technical colleges to fund negotiated step
increases — up to a certain amount — even if the Legislature doesn’t provide
funding. The cap is 1.2 percent of the college’s faculty salary base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brown</b>, SBCTC executive director, expressed appreciation for faculty
representatives’ support of a cap. However, he said the Legislature should bear
the responsibility for funding faculty compensation. Brown urged the
Legislature to fund the community and technical college system’s $10.2 million
request for faculty step increases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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state obligation,” he said. “Faculty and staff salaries and increments are our
system’s top priority but we can’t manage increments and salary increases without
general fund dollars from the state. We will continue to work with our faculty
and work with you to get an equitable and predictable solution to our faculty
and colleges.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worse, Brown said, because it would pay only the general fund portion of
salaries, resulting in a $28 million unfunded mandate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Washington Education Association and American Federation of Teachers
Washington respectively. Both said they welcome continued conversation with the
State Board and college presidents to find a solution. Several faculty members
also spoke in favor of the bill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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its first cutoff date — bills must be passed out of their house of origin’s
policy committees by the end of Friday. SBCTC system request bills on
corrections education and military member fee waivers are scheduled for
committee votes, and a bill to streamline statues affecting the college system
is scheduled for a public hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Feb. 5</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> — About 400 community and technical college students from across the state rallied in the Legislative Building’s rotunda in a show of support for their colleges. Students held signs, chanted and cheered as they listened to speakers talk about college affordability, completion, financial aid and support for higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I want you to promise me that you’re going to get through school,” said <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>, R-Oak Harbor, chair of the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b>. “Don’t let anything stop you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ug3IhRx6yftJVr1YK9XI1Biu-roEE9ZHpMfUZxdw2j0N-b89rGKRS_P7yoMsZcXVDrf1ec4FNR5v6nLCENY5MuLwfvNI0ugqBb7sfOYlc8aFFJ5ovx_7F_9P1ajzY3rIP9E2hdOW3ME/s1600/20150205_121228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Community and technical college students rally in Olympia in support of higher education" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ug3IhRx6yftJVr1YK9XI1Biu-roEE9ZHpMfUZxdw2j0N-b89rGKRS_P7yoMsZcXVDrf1ec4FNR5v6nLCENY5MuLwfvNI0ugqBb7sfOYlc8aFFJ5ovx_7F_9P1ajzY3rIP9E2hdOW3ME/s1600/20150205_121228.jpg" height="320" title="Community and technical college students rally in Olympia in support of higher education" width="180" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students also heard from <b>Rep. Larry Haler</b>, R-Richland; <b>Rep. Melanie Stambaugh</b> R-Puyallup; <b>Rep. Hans Zeiger, </b>R-Puyallup; <b>Debrena Jackson Gandy, </b>Highline College trustee; <b>Ed Brewster,</b> Grays Harbor president; <b>Ryan Chapman</b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WACTCSA </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Region 2 representative from Bellingham Technical College; <b>Christopher Johnston</b>, WACTCSA Region 6 representative from Pierce College Fort Steilacoom; <b>LaTonya Brisbane</b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WACTCSA </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">executive; and <b>Robert Lasker</b>, WCTCSA president and SBCTC legislative intern from Pierce College Fort Steilacoom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Feb. 5</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> — The <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on a system request bill to waive building fees and service and activity fees for active duty service members (</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5620</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">). Through rule changes, the Defense Department’s Tuition Assistance Program no longer covers those fees, leaving a gap in funding that the student needs to make up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This bill picks up where the Tuition Assistance Program leaves off,” testified <b>Alison Grazzini</b>, SBCTC legislative director.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span>he committee also heard testimony on <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5355&year=2015">SB 5355</a>, <span style="color: windowtext;">which would modify the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, SBCTC student affairs policy associate testified in favor of the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If we do not align with federal [requirements], all of our veterans are ineligible to participate in VA educational benefits so we must align to protect our current 15,000 students in the community and technical college sector as well as our future veterans,” Copeland said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Senators also heard from <b>Michael Ciraulo</b>, Clark College trustee appointee, <b>Elizabeth Thew</b> and <b>Janice Wigen</b>, Community Colleges of Spokane trustee appointees as part of their appointment process. The committee voted to move forward <b>Michael Deller</b>, Everett Community College and <b>Stassney Obregon</b>, Bellevue College, to the next stage in the confirmation process after hearing their testimony at the committee’s Feb. 3 hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 5</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on a bill aimed at making the College in the High School program more affordable for students and more relevant for those who transfer to the participating college. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Students in the program earn high school and college credits simultaneously in an advanced high school class taught by an instructor certified by the college. Students pay a fee for college credits based on the contract between the individual school and partnering college, so the fees vary between high schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1546&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">HB 1546</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> seeks to provide subsidies for low-income students (subject to an appropriation in the state budget) and to limit the per-credit fee for all other students. It would also require a high school class to have a counterpart class on the college campus and satisfy general education or a degree requirement at the college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, SBCTC student services <span style="background: white;">policy associate, testified in favor of the measure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“This is an equity and access issue. Students who can afford to pay for the credit get the credit. Students sitting right next to them</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — <span style="background: white;">with some exceptions by school districts generous to pay for the credit</span> — <span style="background: white;">are learning the same material and not receiving the college credit,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copeland expressed hope that College in the High School will also include career and technical education courses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 5</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Community and technical college presidents testified on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5097&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5097</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, the governor’s proposed capital budget, at a public hearing before the <b>Senate Ways and Means Committee</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking on behalf of the community and technical college system, Cascadia College President <b>Eric Murray</b> explained the proposed funding for the community and technical college system is significantly less than it has been historically. In addition, five out of six construction projects slated for next biennium would receive only about 90 percent of the construction funding, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to rectify.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Luke Robbins</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Peninsula College president, urged full funding for the construction phase of a new Allied Health building. “SB 5097 proposes to cut the construction phase by 10 percent below our most recent estimated cost. Funding the project at this level would require redesign and reduce the scope of the project.” Underfunding the project would also create higher ongoing operating and maintenance costs, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Delaying the funding of the construction phase will result in additional costs to the state. If not funded now, the design will need to be updated later and construction costs will escalate,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cheryl Roberts</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Shoreline Community College president, urged the Legislature to approve a capital budget that fully funds the community and technical college system’s prioritized list of capital projects. This would include funds for the design phase of an Allied Health, Science and Manufacturing facility at Shoreline. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We have a concern because our design phase is not included in the funding,” she said. “This project will replace five, one-story, mid-century structures with one, four-story facility that would include our science, engineering, allied health, nursing, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/general/documents/MESA-final-10.29.2014.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">MESA</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Community College program helps underrepresented community college students excel in school and ultimately earn STEM bachelor’s degrees. The program features intrusive advising, tutors and peer support to help students stay on track to graduation and ensure a smooth transition to a university.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“If STEM education is about educating the pipeline that is going to create and continue to create wealth for Washington state, we need to have programs like MESA which serve many under-privileged, many first generation students,” said <b>Rich Cummins</b>, Columbia Basin College president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Being a member of the MESA program has been very rewarding,” Ibarra said. “Not only do we have each other, but we also have MESA tutors that help us with subjects like science, math, physics.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The second I joined MESA, Gabriela helped me with advising and she helped me take classes that really counted toward my major,” McCormick said. “Not only classes that helped get my associate’s done, but classes that helped toward my bachelor’s degree as well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Columbia Basin, Olympic, Edmonds, Highline, Seattle Central and Yakima Valley colleges currently host MESA programs. The community and technical college system is looking for $4.56 million in the 2015-2017 operating budget to expand program offerings to 20 colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our colleges build a knowledgeable and highly skilled workforce,” Goebel said. “We create responsive and relevant programs for today’s competitive economy. And our colleges and students contribute more than $11 billion annually to the state’s economy all leading to a more competitive and vibrant state economy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Feb. 3</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Members of the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> heard testimony on two bills addressing sexual assault prevention and response on campuses. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5518&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5518</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would create procedures to address campus sexual violence and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5719&year=2015"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SB 5719</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> would create a task force on campus sexual violence prevention. <b>Joe Holliday</b>, SBCTC director of student services, testified on both bills jointly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of community and technical college representatives gathered in Olympia this
week to honor students and discuss priorities with legislators. Meanwhile,
House and Senate committees kept up a fast pace, hearing bills and holding work
sessions on a number of issues, including sexual assault prevention, student
mental health and early registration for spouses and domestic partners of
active duty military members. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC) held its
annual two-day Legislative Contact Conference in Olympia to celebrate this
year’s Transforming Lives award winners and to hear lawmakers’ views on higher
education issues. The event kicked off with a Wednesday dinner honoring </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/general/documents/5communityandtechnicalcollegestudentsselectedforTransformingLivesawardFINAL.pdf"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">five students whose
lives were transformed</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> by community and technical colleges. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was devoted to legislative and policy discussions. <b>Gov. Jay Inslee</b> gave the keynote speech, crediting the job-relevant
training offered at community and technical colleges. “One of the things you do
better than anyone else is to actually match training with the needs of the
workforce,” he said. “I appreciate so much your leadership and your competency
in identifying the real demands of the workforce.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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governor highlighted investments in his proposed budget: Basic Education for
Adults, I-BEST, the MESA community college program and capital projects. He
also cast education as a continuum that stretches from early childhood
education through college. “We need every educational rung on that ladder. Kids
want to climb to different places. We need to respect all those goals,” he
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the day, <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>,
R-Oak Harbor outlined her goals as <b>Senate
Higher Education Committee</b> chair. Her priorities include student
completion, year-round access to higher education, reduced student debt and
less need for remediation. She credited community and technical colleges for being
accessible and affordable. “There’s nothing that warms my heart more than being
on a community or technical college campus…the feeling of being on a campus
where you know a lot of people are really thrilled to be there,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bailey advised reminding lawmakers that four year degrees aren’t the only route
to success. “Not every student is destined for a four-year degree, and that’s
ok. We have the opportunity to educate in a way that gives people the tools to
go out and be successful.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Members of the <b>House Higher Education
Committee</b> heard testimony on bills that would create a new grant contract
program, require colleges and universities to make early registration available
to spouses and domestic partners of active duty members of the military, and create
a task force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SBCTC student services policy associate, testified on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1154&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">HB
1154</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
a “pay as you earn” proposal. The bill would replace the State Need Grant and
College Bound Scholarship programs with “Affordable College for Everyone”
programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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programs would keep the current eligibility criteria. However, they would
require students, one year after leaving college, to contribute back to the
programs within certain income affordability limits. The goal is to help
replenish and ultimately expand the programs to cover more students since the
State Need Grant and College Bound Scholarship programs are now underfunded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joined other higher education representatives in lauding the intent of the
measure, but expressed concern that it would replace grants with loans and possibly
increase student debt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also testified on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1052&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">HB
1052</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
which would expand early registration to the spouses and domestic partners of
active duty military members. He thanked family members for being the “biggest
supporters of our military,” yet expressed concern that the measure might cause
unintended “leapfrogging” – even ahead of veterans. The community and technical
college system, he said, generally seeks to grant priority registration to
students who are closest to graduation so they stay on track to transfer or
enter the workforce.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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members also heard testimony on </span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1138&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">HB
1138</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
which would create a task force on mental health and suicide prevention at
colleges and universities. Lori Miller, a <b>Seattle
Central College</b> faculty member, spoke about her experience helping the
college community after two students committed suicide in an academic quarter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is preventable,” Miller said. “Let’s get the conversation going about what we
can do across the state at our colleges and universities to stop the epidemic
of students dying by suicide.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SBCTC director of student services, also testified in support of the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“We
support this bill,” he said. “We pledge to work actively on it with the task
force. We’re in.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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services, testified before the <b>Senate
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Holliday outlined what the community and technical college system is doing to
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to adopt a model student conduct code developed with the Washington Attorney
General’s office. The code prohibits sexual misconduct, including sexual
violence, and provides guidance on due process proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Colleges notify students of the institution’s
sexual assault policies at least annually. Some colleges, like Green River
College, have developed video resources to educate students. Colleges as a
system are looking at developing similar education methods at a statewide
level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To help prevent and address sexual assault on
campus, each college has campus safety personnel, work closely with local law
enforcement and social service agencies to provide a web of services and
support, and use a behavioral intervention team to address students of concern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Challenges faced by colleges include working
proactively to implement federal law changes. Stretched staffing and resources
make it difficult for colleges to work on prevention and education while
remaining responsive to students and administering new procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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response, Holliday suggested a statewide approach that would combine resources
and talents while identifying, adapting and bringing to scale effective
practices in sexual assault prevention and response.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1704</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5354&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SB
5354</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Allows community and technical colleges to provide associate degrees in
corrections institutions within existing funds through an ongoing contract with
the Department of Corrections. The bills are sponsored by <b>Rep. Eric Pettigrew</b>, D-Seattle and <b>Sen. Jim Hargrove</b>, D-Hoquiam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1705</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5619&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SB
5619</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Ties Basic Education for Adults program funding to a caseload model.
Sponsored by <b>Rep. Larry Haler</b>,
R-Richland and <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>,
R-Oak Harbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1706</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/</span><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SB 5620</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Grants permissive waivers for building and student and activity fees for active
duty military. Sponsored by <b>Rep. Derek Stanford</b>,
D-Bothell and <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>,
R-Oak Harbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next week will continue the college trustee confirmation process. They will
also hear a State Board-supported bill on waiving building and student activity
fees for active duty military, <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5620&year=2015">SB
5620</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-70103349988687044002015-01-23T14:20:00.001-08:002015-01-23T15:45:27.715-08:00Colleges continue budget and policy efforts as Legislature enters second week<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
2015 legislative session continues at a breakneck pace. Community and technical
college representatives headed to the Capitol this week to testify on budget
proposals and policy bills affecting higher education. Legislators focused on
college affordability and capital budget needs and continued to consider Gov.
Inslee’s budget proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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— <b>Wayne Doty</b>, SBCTC capital budget
director, discussed the community and technical college system’s capital budget
process during a <b>Senate Ways & Means
Committee </b>work session. Every individual college request is scored and
ranked based on the need for space, condition of existing facilities,
systemwide policy objectives and estimated costs. A single priority list is then
submitted to the Legislature as part of the capital budget request. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Leading up to Doty’s presentation was an overview of the
Bates Technical College Mohler Communications and Technology Center project by <b>Marty Mattes</b>, the college director of
facilities and operations. He detailed the care and attention devoted to manage
the project within the existing appropriation. It is halfway through the
construction phase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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R- Moses Lake, credited community and technical colleges for reaching agreement
before approaching the Legislature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ahead of time so we don’t have to make that decision. So I appreciate what
you’re doing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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capital budget request</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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authority topic of Senate hearing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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— The <b>Senate Ways & Means</b> <b>Committee</b> held a work session on higher
education budget issues, including college tuition-setting authority. <b>Marty Brown, </b>SBCTC executive director,
said the Legislature should set higher education tuition in the budget because tuition
is directly tied to state funding levels. This is already the case for
community and technical colleges; the State Board adopts tuition rates within
caps set by the Legislature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“We like to think of tuition as part of the whole
affordability question,” Brown said. “We think that unlimited tuition authority
would not be a wise thing for our community and technical college students.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Brown cautioned committee members that no new state funds
and no tuition increase would amount to a budget cut because of inflation
costs. Additionally, Brown said, </span><a href="http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget15/highlights/201517_highlights_education.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Governor
Inslee’s proposal</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> to fund employee salary increases out
of tuition dollars while keeping tuition frozen amounts to an unfunded mandate.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Tuition increases were a partial backfill to the cuts,”
he said. “It wasn’t in anticipation of future salary increases.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to testimony (starts at 1:28:24).</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discuss college affordability<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jan. 21</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
— <b>Alexandra Minea</b> and <b>Robert Lasker</b>, SBCTC student interns
and representatives of the Washington Community and Technical College Student
Association (WACTCSA), testified before the <b>House Higher Education</b> <b>Committee</b>
during work session portion of the hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The committee held a work session on college
affordability. Minea presented to the committee a profile of community and
technical colleges students and the financial considerations — such as
transportation, food, rent and other personal expenses in addition to tuition
and book costs — they face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“We believe that affordability is vital for students to
meet their education goals and their career goals,” Minea said. “And community
and technical colleges serve as that access point for higher education for many
students. When they’re focused on their finances, it takes away from their
college experience yet alone all the debt they’ll be in years after
graduation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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committee members that even with federal, state and college financial
assistance with money earned from his 17-hour a week job, he’s left with $1,291
for his expenses throughout the quarter after paying for tuition and rent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I would like you to consider the plight of the students
when you go to work on this,” he said. “It’s not just the tuition. It’s a whole
package. It’s sleepless nights worrying about how I’m going to pay my bills
this quarter because that’s where I’m at today.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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— Members of the <b>House Capital Budget</b>
<b>Committee</b> heard from community and
technical college representatives on challenges colleges face with </span><a href="http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget15/highlights/201517_highlights_capital.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gov.
Inslee’s proposed capital budget</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <b>Steve Ward</b>, vice president of finance
and administration at Centralia College, told committee members about
Centralia’s new student services building, set to go out to bid this spring.
Ward said that because of requirements placed on the project by the Legislature
— such as shifting project management costs to the college — represents a $2.4
million cut to the project’s construction budget. Funding at that level would
require Centralia to reduce the scope of the project before it could be bid,
causing delays and leaving less funding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I’m asking on behalf of Centralia College and the system
of community and technical colleges that you review our request and see if
there’s not a better way to resolve the budget challenges in the state,” Ward
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayne Doty</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
SBCTC’s capital budget director, followed up Ward’s testimony outlining the
State Board’s concerns with the governor’s proposed capital budget. Partially
funding projects, as proposed in the budget, would cause delays to five
projects. The board is also concerned with overall funding to community and
technical colleges. The funding level, Doty said, represents the smallest
dollar amount of the state’s bonds for the community and technical colleges in
recent history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to testimony (begins at 1:17:24).</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up next week<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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week, legislators will hear from State Board and college staff on proposals to
create a higher education task force on mental health and suicide prevention
and to provide early registration for spouses and domestic partners of active
duty military personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-37198633956041769602015-01-16T15:20:00.000-08:002015-01-16T15:20:59.236-08:002015 Legislature kicks off 105-day session<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The 2015 Legislature kicked off its 105-day session
this week with swearing in ceremonies and multiple hearings. The Legislature’s
priority will be writing the next two-year state budget — a challenging task. The
state faces a $2 billion budget shortfall in addition to a Supreme Court mandate
for additional K-12 funding. About 12 percent of the Legislature is comprised
of new members elected to the House and Senate this past fall. This means new
committee chairs and, in some cases, new leadership roles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For more information on the community and technical
college system’s priorities this session, check out our </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/college/documents/leg-agenda-update-1.12.2015.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">legislative agenda</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/general/documents/operating-budget-1.12.2015.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">operating budget request</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> and </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/general/documents/capital-budget-1.12.2015.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">capital budget request</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SBCTC will keep you posted on committee hearings,
proposed legislation and other details important to our students and colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hears about dual credit opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 15</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — <b>Joyce Hammer</b>,
SBCTC director of transfer education, testified before the <b>Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee</b> on dual credit
options offered through community and technical colleges for high school
students. The two-year college system currently provides dual credit in Running
Start (serving 20,100 students during the 2013-2014 academic year), College in
the High School (3,998 students) and Tech-Prep (26,457 students). Colleges also
offer credit to students if they score well on Advanced Placement (AP) and
International Baccalaureate (IB) tests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hammer also outlined the system’s goals to improve
dual credit opportunities for students. These areas include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Coding,
transcription and tracking to see which dual credit opportunities students pursue
when they come into the system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gathering
metrics on incoming students’ AP and IB scores which colleges will be able to
track using ctcLink.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Creating
consistency among two- and four-year public and private colleges and
universities for credit awarded for AP and IB scores.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking
at and possibly expanding dual credit opportunities for the University of
Cambridge examination program, currently in use at two high schools but
possibly expanding to more schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Link to </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=2md-r3gX06c&att=false"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">PowerPoint</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">State goals and legislative
priorities focus of Senate work session<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jan. 14, 2015</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> — State education goals call for 100 percent of
Washington adults to have a high school diploma and 70 percent to have a
postsecondary credential by 2023. Community and technical colleges are the
catalysts for making it happen, according to </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Marty Brown</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, SBCTC executive
director. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">At a work session before the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Senate Higher Education
Committee</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
Brown shared data on the accessibility and affordability of community and
technical colleges. Among the highlights: resident tuition of $4,000 per year;
a 388,000-strong student population with a median age of 26 and a high number
of students of color, working parents and financial-aid recipients. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Forty percent of bachelor degree graduates from public
universities start at community and technical colleges, said Brown. And two colleges
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
Olympic College and Renton Technical College </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> have been named
among the top 10 two-year colleges in the nation by the prestigious Aspen
Institute. Walla Walla Community College was named the top community college in
the nation in 2013, along with co-winner Santa Barbara City College. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“The things we do, and the things you do to help us, come
to fruition,” Brown said.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dr. Ed Brewster</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, president of the Washington Association of
Community and Technical Colleges, spotlighted the many paths students can take
to earn certificates and degrees. “Students can enter our process in a variety
of places and in a variety of ways,” said Brewster, who is also Grays Harbor
College president. “We work with them to complete their credentials at a
certificate level, or a two-year degree level and, in many cases now, at a
four-year baccalaureate level.” Business partnerships, advisory committees and
Centers of Excellence ensure college job-training programs keep pace with evolving
industry standards, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Brown and Brewster also discussed the community and
technical college system’s </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/college/documents/leg-agenda-update-1.12.2015.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">2015 legislative
priorities</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">. While the governor’s proposed operating and capital
budgets</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> follow system priorities, the proposals fall short of requested funding
levels, they said. They also repeated concerns that the proposed funding method
for compensation increases would create an unfunded mandate for a long-overdue
need. (See further description under Jan. 12 House Higher Education Committee.)<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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testimony on governor’s proposed budget <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 14, 2015</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — The governor’s proposed 2015-17 operating budget
received a public hearing before the <b>Senate
Ways and Means Committee</b>. <b>Nick Lutes</b>,
SBCTC operating budget director, called the proposal a “welcome step in the
right direction” and recognized the tough choices faced by lawmakers this
session. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Mirroring his testimony before the <b>House Appropriations Committee</b> on Jan.
12, Lutes praised the governor’s priorities and voiced concern over the
proposed method of funding faculty and staff salary increases. For more
details, see the testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 14, 2015</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Two interns shed light on community and technical
college students’ priorities at a <b>House
Higher Education Committee</b> meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alexandra
Minea</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, a Highline College student, kicked
off the discussion with an overview of the new SBCTC internship program. The program
gives two-year college students a chance to learn about the legislative
process, gain professional work experience and earn college credits. Minea and
her fellow intern and presenter, Robert Lasker, will track legislation,
advocate for student priorities, participate in hearings and monitor floor
actions. “As student representatives, we too strive for a unified message to
best serve our system and our students,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Robert
Lasker</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, Washington Community and
Technical College Student Association (WACTCSA) president, highlighted student
priorities:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Protect higher
education funding and broaden the statutory definition of “Basic Education” to
include K-14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Find new,
designated resources to support higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Make it easier
for students to use Electronic Benefits Cards (EBT — often referred to as “food
stamp” cards) on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Dedicate funding
to open educational resources and create incentives to reduce textbook costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Lasker shared his life-changing experience as a
business student at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom. He is in his second year of
college and plans to pursue a Master in Business Administration. “I am
exploring career options that I could only dream about a year-and-a-half ago.
I’m a carpenter. I was constantly underemployed … And today, I’m sitting here
in front of you fine people, doing things I never thought I would do in my
life. So that’s why I’m here to advocate for community and technical
colleges.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">SBCTC launched the new, two-student internship program
just weeks ago, in partnership with WACTCSA, the Council of Unions and Student
Programs (CUSP) and Washington’s 34 colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2015011034"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Link to testimony (begins at 1:34:51).</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=R9W8EF-IcJw&att=false"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Link to document.</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">House committee hears
higher education system overview<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 13,
2015</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — Representatives from the
state’s higher education community briefed <b>House
Higher Education Committee</b> members about the mission, goals and challenges
colleges and universities face while educating students. The committee held a
work session on the higher education system, including SBCTC Executive Director
<b>Marty Brown</b> and Pierce College
District Chancellor <b>Dr. Michele Johnson</b>.
Committee members also heard from representatives from the Washington Student
Achievement Council, the Council of Presidents and the committee’s own staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Brown and Johnson provided an overview of the state’s
community and technical college system, providing committee members with a
portrait of the colleges’ students, programs and employees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’s a nimble and flexible system,” Brown said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Johnson described the community and technical college system’s
different program options like transfer, workforce, basic skills and
pre-college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our students come to us from very many different
access points and as an open access institution — it’s really based on social
justice,” Johnson said. “It’s our way of saying every student should have an
opportunity so that our country can thrive and our state can thrive with these
trained and educated individuals.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Brown and Johnson used their remaining time to
highlight the system’s legislative agenda and budget requests. With the theme
of student success, the legislative agenda stresses basic education for adults,
the Student Achievement Initiative, student support services, corrections
education, a fee waiver for active duty military students, employee compensation
and capital projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2015010078"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Link to testimony (begins at 1:38:45).</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“State of the State” address<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 13,
2015</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — <b>Gov. Jay Inslee</b> delivered his <b>State
of the State</b> address to a joint session of the Legislature. With the theme
of “opportunity for all,” Inslee outlined his policy and budget priorities for
2015 session including education, infrastructure and clean energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“We know that expanding educational opportunities,
launching a transportation construction program and fighting carbon pollution
will put us on the right course,” Inslee said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The education portion of the address focused on the
importance of early learning and K-12 education, while recognizing that higher
education is a vital part of a prosperous state and economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Early learning is the best investment we can make in
our future,” Inslee said. “That’s where we start. But our success will require
a continuum of education, from early learning all the way through higher
education.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Inslee reiterated that his budget freezes tuition at
the state’s public colleges and universities while supplementing financial aid
so that 17,000 more students can get scholarships. The </span><a href="http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget15/highlights/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Governor’s
proposed budget</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> includes additional
funding for the Opportunity Scholarship, College Bound and the State Need
Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“These investments are not based on wishful thinking,”
Inslee said. “They are based on a rock-solid foundation of proven strategies,
established reforms and demonstrable student performance.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Inslee acknowledged the cuts to the state’s budget
over the past six years have not come without costs, like rising college
tuition. While state government has also found efficiencies, Inslee encouraged
lawmakers to find common ground to effectively address budget shortfalls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Some see the road
ahead paved only with cuts to services,” Inslee said. “Some consider only
revenue as options. Both camps will ultimately realize that neither view is the
definitive answer.</span><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re going
to approach our work with a bold spirit of seeking solutions rather than
finding excuses, and a can-do attitude of kicking aside our differences instead
of kicking the can down the road.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For a video and transcript of Gov. Inslee’s State of
the State address, visit the </span><a href="http://governor.wa.gov/news/speeches/2015StateOfTheState.aspx"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">2015 State of the State website</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on governor’s proposed budget<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jan. 12,
2015</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> — On Monday, the <b>House Appropriations Committee</b> heard
public testimony on Gov. Inslee’s proposed 2015-17 operating budget. <b>Nick Lutes</b>, SBCTC operating budget
director, applauded the governor for listening to the community and technical
college system’s priorities. The proposal would fund the system’s
maintenance-level budget and include another $18.6 million to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Provide academic
and skills training for people who lack a high school-level education so they
can pursue college and secure living wage jobs ($5 million for Basic Education
for Adults).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Support I-BEST
programs, which teach basic skills and academic or workforce subjects at the
same time, in the same class, so students learn quickly and in applicable ways ($5
million for I-BEST).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Support
innovations in pre-college (remedial) math and expand the MESA program. MESA — Mathematics,
Engineering, Science Achievement — helps underrepresented community and
technical college students succeed in school and ultimately pursue bachelor’s
degrees in STEM fields.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Provide targeted
workforce training in key industries ($6.6 million).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The governor’s proposal includes well-deserved adjustments
in faculty and staff compensation, but it would also create an unfunded mandate,
Lutes said. The proposal would fund about 65 percent of the cost and rely on
college tuition revenues to pay the rest. The $28 million draw on tuition funds
statewide could pull money away from much-needed student programs and services,
he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2015010077"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Link to testimony (begins at 52:40).</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Coming up next week<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Next week, legislators will hear from State Board and
college staff on expanding dual credit opportunities for students, the system’s
capital budget and operating budget proposals, financial aid opportunities and
job creation efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-25745390454016190502014-03-24T15:39:00.001-07:002014-03-24T15:39:23.186-07:00Legislature adjourns, interim work begins<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Legislature finished the 2014 session and adjourned Sine Die a few minutes before midnight on Thursday, March 13. Legislators agreed to a final supplemental operating budget, but failed to reach agreement on a capital budget before session concluded. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition to budget work, legislators confirmed a number of Board members and trustees, and reached final agreement on several bills impacting higher education and students across the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Now that session has concluded, legislators return to their local communities and begin interim work, election preparation, and other planning leading up to the 2015 legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Final budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The final budget bill, </span> <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6002&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESSB 6002</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, passed the full Legislature last week and includes the following for community and technical colleges (CTCs):<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The final supplemental operating budget represents a 1.8 percent decrease in the CTC system biennial budget for 2015-17.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enrollments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The legislative enrollment target was increased by 690 for a final target of 139,927 (an increase equal to the 1,000 additional aerospace FTEs provided in November 2014, less the 310 FTEs impacted by the transfer of the University Center from Everett Community College to Washington State University).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuition levels were frozen for FY 2015 at current level.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Audit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Requires an audit through a third party to examine local accounts used to track and use tuition and local fees by four year institutions and two community or technical colleges (one with an applied baccalaureate degree program and one without).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Policy items<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Year Up Pilot Project: $350,000<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MESA: $410,000<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paraeducator development (<a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6129&year=2013">SSB 6129</a>): $181,000<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Financial aid<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">College Bound: $12.3 million<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Opportunity Scholarship $25.5 million<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">State Need Grant Funding: no changes (budget assumes the $5.0 million increase contained in the Real Hope Act, <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6523&year=2013">SB 6523</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">LEAN reduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$40 million statewide reduction<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Assuming the reduction is prorated by share of General Fund state appropriations, the CTC share is estimated to be $3.1 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">State Board, trustees confirmed by the Senate<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> held a number of confirmation hearings for members of the State Board and college trustees. CTC confirmations during the 2014 session include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">State Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jay Reich, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elizabeth Chen, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Federal Way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Trustees<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Trustees confirmed during their first term include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lisa Woo, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bellingham Technical College;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Steven Hill,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Seattle Colleges; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">J. Tayloe Washburn, Catherine D’Ambrosio, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">and <b>Thomas Lux, </b>Shoreline Community College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rekah Strong, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Clark College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Gordon, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Columbia Basin College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anne Hamilton, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lake Washington Institute of Technology; <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lillian Hunter,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Bates Technical College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">John Jessop </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">and <b>Carl Zapora, </b>Edmonds Community College;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">George Raiter, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lower Columbia College;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fiasili (Sili) Savusa, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Highline Community College;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brett Willis, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pierce College District; and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mike Wilson, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Community Colleges of Spokane.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other trustees reappointed and confirmed include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Debbie Ahl, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bellingham Technical College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jack Burkman, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Clark College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thomas Campbell, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Green River Community College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alberta (Barbara) Clarkson, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">South Puget Sound Community College; <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Betty Cobbs, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Everett Community College; <b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Carmen Gayton,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Seattle Colleges; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Heidi Heywood, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lower Columbia College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mary Moss, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Clover Park Technical College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Robert Ozuna, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yakima Valley Community College;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Philip Rasmussen, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wenatchee Valley College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Erik Rohrer, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Peninsula College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Roland Schirman, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Walla Walla Community College; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joanne Schwartz, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Centralia College; and <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stephen Warner, </span> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Olympic College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bills<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">State Board staff tracked nearly 300 bills this session with potential impact to the CTC system. The following bills of significance were passed and delivered to the Governor:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2108&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">EHB 2108</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creates an alternate path to licensure for hearing aid specialists and requires the Department of Health submit a report to the Legislature regarding hearing aid fitter/dispenser internships, in consultation with CTCs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">permitting community colleges that offer applied baccalaureate degrees to offer honorary bachelor of applied science degrees.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2613&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2613</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2626&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 2626</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: acknowledging the WA Student Achievement Council’s Ten-Year Roadmap goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5318&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 5318</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: waiving the one-year waiting period for veterans paying in-state tuition.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit for prior military training.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6129&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 6129</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating articulated pathways for paraeducators.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6523&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 6523</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: the Real Hope/Dream Act, allowing undocumented students to be eligible for the State Need Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=8409&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SCR 8409</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Adopting the Workforce Board’s High Skills, High Wages Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For a detailed compilation of bills that tracked this session, please visit the </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> and/or the </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Future editions<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislative News will be published as legislative activities and events impacting community and technical colleges occur throughout interim. For additional information or resources, please visit </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/gv_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-88284582384905721042014-03-09T09:38:00.001-07:002014-03-09T09:38:33.209-07:00CTC bills pass, interim plans discussed during final week of session<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As the Legislature enters the final week of the regular 2104 session, members are busy negotiating a final budget, passing policy bills, and discussing interim plans. Legislators plan to adjourn on time, with the last day of session – March 13 – rapidly approaching. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">State Board member honored by Senate<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jim Bricker</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, State Board member, was honored by the Senate on Monday, March 8. </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=8698&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Senate Resolution 8698</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> commemorates the distinguished career of Bricker, who recently retired.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From budget analyst, committee services director, senior advisor to governors Rosellini, Evans, Spellman, and Gardner, to PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company government affairs director, Bricker has sustained a successful career in state government. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition to government work, Bricker also dedicated many years to community service and mentoring youth.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Many legislators rose in support of SR 8698, including <b>Curtis King</b>, R-Yakima, noting the example Bricker set during his time in Olympia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">King said, “Mr. Bricker has provided outstanding service to the state of Washington and its citizens and he continues to do so. Mr. Bricker, you will be missed here in Olympia. You have provided us a great example of what all of us should strive for – to be a person of honesty, integrity, having a willingness to serve and do so as a true gentleman.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brian Hatfield</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, D-Raymond, honored Bricker by playing a recorded message that demonstrates his precision and detailed approach to legislative work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hatfield said, “We love you and are going to miss you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hqeRy501q8-VigNun7N_vPMS2qnxjzlHG-uQG6tKIxsrbE3-bpE5xerpkMj-wK7S_bmkx81pwyJJwChIG_Ec3mV8aQ5-WeCHiDTgegNzvgEvcpfF2KEGGkqeDwPB7hJYLOXJLxcCw_s/s1600/image001-713210.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hqeRy501q8-VigNun7N_vPMS2qnxjzlHG-uQG6tKIxsrbE3-bpE5xerpkMj-wK7S_bmkx81pwyJJwChIG_Ec3mV8aQ5-WeCHiDTgegNzvgEvcpfF2KEGGkqeDwPB7hJYLOXJLxcCw_s/s320/image001-713210.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5988829872053386770" /></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014030015"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Senate Floor (begins at 6:35).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Interim planning focus of House Higher Education work session<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> dedicated time Wednesday, March 5 to plan for the upcoming interim. The committee heard from members and higher-education representatives on possible focus areas for the coming months. Topics included:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Funding</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: increasing the percentage of the state operating budget headed to higher education while examining funding models like the Student Achievement Initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Financial accessibility</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: looking at ways to reduce the financial burden on students by expanding options like the Open Course Library and financial aid. Committee members expressed interest in further studying Oregon’s “Pay it Forward” program, which allows students to attend college for free provided they agree to pay costs after graduation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Metrics</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: collecting and analyzing data from colleges and universities to find areas for expansion and improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strengthening partnerships with K-12</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: encourage colleges and universities to continue to develop relationships with area high schools to reduce the need for pre-college education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Meeting community demand</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: assist colleges in their continued efforts to be connected and responsive to their communities. Members saw this as a way to engage non-traditional college students and provide educational opportunities for place-bound students.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alison Grazzini-Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC legislative director, highlighted the system’s major interim goals to improve student success:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Expand credit for prior learning opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Increase financial aid options.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Track outcomes from the Student Achievement Initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prepare colleges for the Common Core standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Continue collaboration with K-12, business, industry and labor to meet needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strengthen ABE and I-BEST for adult learners.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prioritize and write the system’s 2015-17 biennial budget request.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">She also invited committee members to visit community and technical colleges to get a firsthand look at the innovations underway.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014031004"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to work session (SBCTC presentation starts 1:04:27).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CTC bills delivered to the Governor<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A handful of bills impacting CTCs have passed the Legislature and are on their way to the Governor’s desk for signature:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">permitting community colleges that offer applied baccalaureate degrees to offer honorary bachelor of applied science degrees.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2613&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2613</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit for prior military training.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to the Bill Watch List and additional bill information.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. The final date of the 2104 regular legislative session is Thursday, March 13: Sine Die.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-16999290440127164162014-03-03T13:44:00.001-08:002014-03-03T13:44:52.917-08:00Budgets released, CTCs present in hearings<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">With less than two weeks remaining in this year’s regular session, last week was busy as legislators released proposed budgets, another mandated cutoff date passed, and plenty of committee action took place. Bills impacting community and technical colleges continue to move through the legislative process. In addition, discussions have already begun around planning legislative interim work after the session ends.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Senate, House release supplemental budget proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Since the beginning of session, the possibility of a supplemental budget has been in question. With the February revenue and caseload forecasts being relatively flat, both the Senate and House released their budget proposals for this supplemental legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>Senate<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Senate released operating and capital budget proposals last Monday, Feb. 24. Taking a modest approach and making few new investments, the Senate proposals impact community and technical colleges in the following ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b><i>Operating<o:p></o:p></i></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Approximately just under half of the overall increase for the 2013-15 Biennium is required to pay for caseload driven programs (such as K-12, Correctional Facility inmates, and Medicaid recipients). At the policy level, there are modest investments made for higher education:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$410,000 for the MESA Community College Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuition: no higher education institution may increase tuition levels for fiscal year 2015.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Financial aid<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$12.3 million for the College Bound Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$25 million for the Opportunity Scholarship Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paraeducator development: funding is provided to implement the requirements under </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6129&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Senate Bill 6129</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Transfer University Center of North Puget Sound to WSU: this item is the same as our requested transfer amount.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Employer contributions for employee health insurance (PEBB): monthly contribution rates for employees will move to $703 per employee, from the current $763. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Skagit Valley College’s Lewis Hall maintenance and operations funding request was not funded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Audit:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All higher education institutions’ tuition and local fee accounts are subject to a third-party audit. Due January 2015, the cost of the audit is to be recovered from the institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b><i>Capital<o:p></o:p></i></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Senate proposed capital supplemental budget impacts community and technical colleges in the following ways: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Centralia College: the remainder of the design is funded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lower Columbia College: authorizes the two alternatively financed projects as requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Olympic College Instruction Center is not funded. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition, the Senate proposal provides new building fee funding for Minor Program Improvements of $2,139,000. As you’ll recall in last year’s budget, 85 percent of the CTC request for Minor Program Improvements was funded; this brings the funding level up to 95 percent of the CTC biennial request.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/archives/index_budgetsp.asp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to additional Senate operating and capital budget details.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>House<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The House released their operating and capital budget proposals on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Similar to the Senate, the House took a modest approach to their supplemental budget proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b><i>Operating<o:p></o:p></i></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More than half of the House operating budget proposal is needed to cover additional maintenance level expenditures in caseload driven programs like the Senate (e.g. K-12, Correctional Facility inmates, and Medicaid recipients). The House operating budget proposes some additional funding for its policy priorities: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$410,000 for the MESA Community College Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuition: no higher education institution may increase tuition levels for fiscal year 2015.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$12.3 million for the College Bound Program.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paraeducator development: funding is provided to implement the requirements under </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2365&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Substitute House Bill 2365</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Transfer University Center of North Puget Sound to WSU: this item is the same as our requested transfer amount.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$300,000 in planning funding for a health care training center at the Pacific Medical Center<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$350,000 for the Year Up pilot project to ‘imbed’ this model within the CTC system.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Employer contributions for employee health insurance (PEBB): monthly contribution rates for employees will move to $658 per employee, from the current $763. <span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Skagit Valley College’s Lewis Hall maintenance and operations funding request was not funded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b><i>Capital<o:p></o:p></i></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Similar to the Senate capital budget proposal, the House proposed capital supplemental budget impacts community and technical colleges in the following ways: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Centralia College: the remainder of the design is funded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lower Columbia College: authorizes the two alternatively financed projects as requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Olympic College Instruction Center is not funded. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/archives/index_budgetsp.asp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to additional House operating and capital budget details.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Education in prison topic of Senate Hearing<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A measure to allow higher education in prisons received public testimony on Tuesday, Feb. 25 before the <b>Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2486&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2SHB 2486</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> sought to allow the Department of Corrections to use existing state funds for college-level courses along with the usual basic skills, vocational, and high school diploma or equivalent programs. The department would have set admission criteria and issued a report to the Legislature by December 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Gina McConnell</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, a Longview Community College student and 11-year prison inmate, shared how prison education turned her life around. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“I believed my destiny was to die a statistic and drug addict. It wasn’t until some of the programs that were offered through the Department of Corrections that I realized that I actually had some potential,” McConnell said. “I am now just finishing up my AA degree in hopes of earning my bachelor’s at WSU…We [prisoners] punish ourselves. We also realize that we don’t want to come back, that we want to do something different, and education is the key. We do have importance.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stephanie Delaney</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Seattle Central Community College dean of extended learning, said the measure would allow the college to enroll more inmates in correspondence courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pamela Transue</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Tacoma Community College president, pointed out that prison education saves money and reduces recidivism. “Prison inmates who participate in education programs have a 43 percent lower recidivism rate than those who do not participate,” Transue said, citing a Rand Corporation study. “When you consider the per-person cost of incarceration that makes prison education a great investment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC executive director, also spoke in favor of the measure.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020170"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 1:13:40)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Construction Center of Excellence represented at work session<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Shana Peschek, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Construction Center of Excellence director,<b> </b>joined a work session on foreign direct investments before the Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 25. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges created centers of excellence to fill workforce needs in specific sectors with industry leaders, she said. Economic initiatives in the construction sector include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Developing a “leadership for the trades” certificate that will teach in-demand supervisory skills. The certificate will be “stackable,” meaning it will build toward an associate degree that can then lead into an applied bachelor’s degree in applied management or applied sustainable building. Several community and technical colleges are working to develop the applied bachelor’s degrees. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Partnering with Pacific Northwest Economic Region, British Columbia Resource Training Organization, and Washington State Labor and Industries to put on a regional </span><a href="http://www.apprenticeshipconference.com/home/conference-planning-team"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Pacific Northwest Apprenticeship Education Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> April 14-15.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bringing free membership in the United States Green Building Council to all 34 community and technical colleges. Students in any field – not just construction -- can get free and reduced-price study materials and take the LEED green associate exam. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020193"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 1:32:08)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">MESA community college program<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/mesaweb/mccp/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Community College Program</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (MCCP) was highlighted at a <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> work session on Tuesday, Feb. 25. MESA provides under-represented students academic and transfer-support services to help them excel and ultimately attain four-year degrees in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) fields. Started in California, the program has successfully been replicated in over a dozen states. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Six colleges — <b>Columbia Basin College, Edmonds Community College, Highline Community College, Olympic College, Seattle Central Community College, Yakima Valley Community College </b>— have participated in a pilot project for the past five years partly funded through a National Science Foundation grant. The grant expires June 30, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The House Appropriation Committee’s 2014 supplemental budget proposal includes $410,000, one year’s worth of funding to continue the MCCP pilot programs at the six colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">James Dorsey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Washington MESA executive director explained how the dedicated support and services — especially the sense of community and connection — help students excel. Services include student orientation, advising, dedicated study centers, STEM career exploration and transfer assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jeff Wagnitz</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Highline Community College vice president of academic affairs, said MESA was a great match for Highline. With 70 percent students of color, the college serves one of the most diverse communities in the state. And Highline has a long academic tradition of STEM programs and resources, including engineering and robotics, a math resource center, computer information systems and cyber-security programs, chemistry and physics labs, science seminars, and the Marine Science and Technology (MaST) Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chera Amlag</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Highline Community College MESA director, gave an overview of the program’s academic supports, including Academic Excellence Workshops, the STEM Gateway Course, collaboration with math resource and tutoring centers, individual and group study, success seminars, scholarship, internship, and undergraduate research resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kalani Plunkett</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Highline MCCP electrical engineering student, said, “When I told my friends and family that I wanted to be an electrical engineer, they laughed at me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">But thanks to MCCP at Highline, he gained study skills needed to succeed and connected with university engineering programs and working professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“MESA has a pay it forward philosophy,” Plunkett explained. He eventually became a physics, calculus, and chemistry tutor himself, reaching back to help other students in the same way he’d been helped. He’s been accepted into the engineering programs at Washington State University and University of Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lydia Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Highline MCCP second year nursing student, was in the military and had been out of school for 13 years. She said the value of MESA connections goes well beyond academic support, with opportunities for scholarships, internships, and friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“MESA is more than just a place to study,” she said. “It’s a community and family that gives us support to keep each other from falling through the cracks.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A coveted research internship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has sparked Smith’s goal to earn a PhD in research and development of bacteriophages (viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria) as antibiotics.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020169"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 56:06)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Innovations in pre-college education <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pre-college education isn’t what it used to be: Today’s students are moving faster through pre-college courses and into degrees and certificates thanks to mold-breaking strategies at community and technical colleges. That was the message delivered to the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> during a work session on Wednesday, Feb. 26. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jan Yoshiwara</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC Education Services deputy executive director, set the stage with facts about pre-college education (also known as “remedial” education). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In 2012-13, pre-college courses were 9 percent of all state-supported full-time equivalent enrollments (FTEs). Nearly 71,000 students enrolled in pre-college courses that year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Most precollege students take eight credits of pre-college courses, which equates to one or two courses. The vast majority of the precollege students – 72 percent – are enrolled in math. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More than half (55 percent) are older students well out of high school. Most 25-years-old and older.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lower-income students are most likely to need pre-college courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yoshiwara pointed to several successful strategies, among them:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Shifting the focus from screening students <b>out of</b> college-level courses, to screening them <b>into</b> the appropriate level. Colleges no longer use placement tests as sentries that stand in the way of college-level classes, but as ushers into the appropriate courses. Students are also given many other options to show they are college-ready, such as transcripts and past performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Teaching math in the context of daily life and jobs, which means focusing on statistics and not just calculus. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Condensing the number of pre-college courses students must take and allowing them to move forward based on competency rather than seat time. This saves students time and tuition money and reduces the possibility of content repetition. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Offering “emporium” classes – a model where students learn general content online and then attend learning resource centers to master math with the help of instructors and tutors.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Statway and “productive persistence”<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wendy Rockhill</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Seattle Central dean for science and mathematics, said Seattle Central and South Seattle community colleges offer the highly successful “Statway” math course in partnership with the Carnegie Foundation. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Statway combines pre-college math and college-level statistics so students complete both in a shorter period of time. Liberal arts (non-STEM) majors learn statistics in real-world contexts rather than being directed toward calculus, which is often the biggest hurdle and unnecessary for many degrees. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Students [learn] math with problems that make sense,” she said. “No talking about frogs in a pond and how many you can get, but what do they read in the newspaper: What do they hear on the news?”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Seattle Central’s emporium model has students learn general content online at their own pace and then cement their understanding in-class with instructors and tutors.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lawrence Morales</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Seattle Central math faculty member, said the college is pursuing two “high leverage” techniques to improve students’ success: encouraging “productive persistence” so perseverance actually leads to accomplishment, and a “growth mindset” that believes achievement is possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">An innovative emporium model <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bob Mohrbacher, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Big Bend Community College vice president of instruction and student services, shed light on a math emporium project that has boosted pre-college math completion rates from 48 percent to 75 percent. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Students gather in a special lab that holds up to 60 and watch videos to learn course content. They complete problems on computers with immediate feedback on their understanding of a concept. Similar to a video game, they must show they are proficient at a certain topic before they are unlocked and allowed to move onto the next topic. Instructors and tutors come to the aid of students who get stuck. Students are given a minimum “pace “calendar that pushes them forward, but they can go even faster if they’ve mastered the concepts. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Clearing the plate: what’s really needed?<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pierce College math faculty members <b>David Lippman</b> and <b>Chris Willett</b> described how Pierce College “cleared the plate” as it redesigned pre-college math programs. A team of instructors worked backwards, determining what level of math is actually needed in college-level classes and then providing targeted instruction to meet the need. The idea, they said, was to “prepare rather than remediate.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We had a group of 12 people get together and just start listing [precollege] topics, justifying them based on where they show up in the college-level sequence, and we came to the very early conclusion that students going into precalculus need very different preparation than those students going into statistics [for liberal arts majors].” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pierce created two pre-college math pathways—one aimed toward precalculus and the other toward statistics. Students take a set of core classes, some in a self-paced emporium model, before embarking on their paths.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021181"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 20:15)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bills<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Gov. Inslee signed the WA Dream/Real Hope Act into law on Wednesday, Feb. 26 in front of a crowd of legislators, students, and citizens. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prime-sponsored by <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>, R-Oak Harbor, </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6523&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 6523</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> allows undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid. The bill also includes $5 million in new funding for the State Need Grant financial aid program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvcRF96tsxUqaMbxbZuOCS0xYPPnnvFsueVRPnL0QuGAsLM4rlMyE6blUReRJsJXMa9gXhP5VNht39lqfddfX8_FO8VU3Dp4H5rPIoclbs3CpXQNuhfUpk4VfNXHbBjThyphenhyphenwirQedxSdA/s1600/image001-792919.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvcRF96tsxUqaMbxbZuOCS0xYPPnnvFsueVRPnL0QuGAsLM4rlMyE6blUReRJsJXMa9gXhP5VNht39lqfddfX8_FO8VU3Dp4H5rPIoclbs3CpXQNuhfUpk4VfNXHbBjThyphenhyphenwirQedxSdA/s320/image001-792919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5986682300453546530" /></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020191"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to bill signing.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition, a number of bills impacting CTCs are still in play after Friday’s policy committee cutoff:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2108&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">EHB 2108</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: concerning hearing instrument fitters/dispensers (Senate Rules).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2383&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">E2SHB 2383</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: integrating career and college readiness standards into K-12 and higher education policies and practices (Senate Ways and Means).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">permitting community colleges that confer applied baccalaureate degrees to confer honorary bachelor of applied science degrees (Senate Rules).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2546&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 2546</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: d</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ecodifying, expiring, and making technical clarifications to higher education provisions (Senate Rules).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2613&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2613</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education (Senate Ways and Means).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2626&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 2626</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: concerning statewide educational attainment goals (Senate Rules).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6362&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 6362</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education (House Rules).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit for prior military training (House TBD).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6129&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 6129</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: concerning paraeducator development (House TBD).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2285&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2285</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">requiring a review of institution of higher education policies related to dual credit coursework (Senate Rules).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to the Bill Watch List and additional bill information.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. Here is the next round of important session cutoff dates fast approaching:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5 p.m.)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed by 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo9"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo9"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo9"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-34391472519366603442014-02-24T21:15:00.001-08:002014-02-24T21:15:20.055-08:00Colleges shine, another session milestone passes<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Last week marked another important milestone as session enters the final few weeks. With committee testimony and presentations regarding adult basic education, credit for prior learning, and aerospace training, the spotlight was on community and technical colleges. In addition, the annual CTC legislative reception was a great success where in-demand programs, student-produced wine and food were featured. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Legislative reception spotlights colleges<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">After much laughter and teasing, she crashed the plane. Not a real plane, of course. The guest at the Thursday, Feb. 20 legislative reception was using a flight simulator provided by Green River Community College’s aviation technology program. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The demonstration was one of several programs featured by Washington community and technical colleges at an Olympia event that drew about 150 legislators, presidents, trustees, staff and other guests. Other featured programs were: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Diagnostic Ultrasound – Bellevue College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NASA Rocket Project – Clark College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Digital Gaming & Media (I-BEST and Project IDEA) – Lake Washington Institute of Technology. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nanotechnology – North Seattle Community College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wine Technology – South Seattle Community College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Orthotics-Prosthetics Technician – Spokane Falls. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGMGHznPsLxHQyXM9itKNf_LlP2Hm-gsfIX2Fz60UN_jozDG8ccbMsY-5ktKvQX6GUoxnrfi-ujzXpYnbq1sT7mwfbbcl6dK6fYPNE-yqTr-z5lCpv9xzxYZReWWJB5yw9PNouwCf8FQ/s1600/image001-720056.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGMGHznPsLxHQyXM9itKNf_LlP2Hm-gsfIX2Fz60UN_jozDG8ccbMsY-5ktKvQX6GUoxnrfi-ujzXpYnbq1sT7mwfbbcl6dK6fYPNE-yqTr-z5lCpv9xzxYZReWWJB5yw9PNouwCf8FQ/s320/image001-720056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984200785142590818" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DGUhacap-OwWM9tAfVwCk4F495XSq9AaXb5597qjrT3nf8Q4icmFVPDz2HFJr5c7HvX_wnV1NmoRSfm1gkQuv2ehz_x0DrmueDIvlQkkdV2TyjXS6jrn2m6ZOIw72ybNSKoaFWq12Uo/s1600/image002-722084.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DGUhacap-OwWM9tAfVwCk4F495XSq9AaXb5597qjrT3nf8Q4icmFVPDz2HFJr5c7HvX_wnV1NmoRSfm1gkQuv2ehz_x0DrmueDIvlQkkdV2TyjXS6jrn2m6ZOIw72ybNSKoaFWq12Uo/s320/image002-722084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984200794816640274" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Guests sampled student-created wines and chocolates presented by:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">College Cellars of Walla Walla Community College and the Northwest Wine Academy at South Seattle Community College. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Culinary programs at Bates Technical College, Edmonds Community College, Skagit Valley College, South Puget Sound Community College, and South Seattle Community College.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The annual legislative reception gives the community and technical college system a chance to visit with legislators and demonstrate how colleges uplift lives and the economy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniWRoKFU5iNX7c_lx6VMBBGjmiF8ADsWyoG89fq_0bLYPUgphyukHPx-83dD1lGErL5Thhtup3YmuiO04seH6R5yBL6jsyDVodzmDTDm1RiAoB-0Mg5nEDTDxBqIJ4mKJWB5Ag-LtZW8/s1600/image004-725981.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniWRoKFU5iNX7c_lx6VMBBGjmiF8ADsWyoG89fq_0bLYPUgphyukHPx-83dD1lGErL5Thhtup3YmuiO04seH6R5yBL6jsyDVodzmDTDm1RiAoB-0Mg5nEDTDxBqIJ4mKJWB5Ag-LtZW8/s320/image004-725981.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984200811269935202" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-SWUHxxIjmslr2yxocyM_9eDvzJqtyobADRNJXlmN6AaK3lkAexdqZxEvLp32VzXfdmlbLUKYVa-R0wzjLDa0WOChaYYFFuk_eDdLG6mfIQYsp5U15KWjpum2nmvkB3AXZge4-5SUAw/s1600/image005-728048.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-SWUHxxIjmslr2yxocyM_9eDvzJqtyobADRNJXlmN6AaK3lkAexdqZxEvLp32VzXfdmlbLUKYVa-R0wzjLDa0WOChaYYFFuk_eDdLG6mfIQYsp5U15KWjpum2nmvkB3AXZge4-5SUAw/s320/image005-728048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984200817885970466" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aerospace Training Loan Program discussed<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thursday, Feb. 20, the <b> House Labor & Workforce Development Committee</b> heard updates on the Aerospace Training Student Loan Program, which provides low-interest loans to Washington students who enroll in authorized short-term certificate programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The discussion started with a presentation by <b>Larry Cluphf</b>, director of the Washington Aerospace Training & Education Center (WATR). Located at Paine Field in Everett and managed by Edmonds Community College, the WATR Center trains students for high-wage, high-demand aerospace jobs in 12 weeks. Students start with a 4-week core program and move on to specialized certificates such as assembly mechanic, electrical assembler, tooling, and quality assurance. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Since 2010, 1,161 WATR Center graduates have been hired or have start dates. Renton Technical College students also benefit from a partnership with the WATR Center. The partnership is expected to continue with the future Central Sound Aerospace Training Center in Renton. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rachelle Sharpe</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Washington Student Achievement Council director of student financial aid and support services, explained criteria for the loan program. Loans are prioritized for the neediest students, criminal background checks and credit checks are run to ensure students will be employable, and funds are provided directly to Edmonds Community College to cover tuition. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The loan program is often the only option for needy students because state and federal financial aid is unavailable for short certificates, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Edmonds Community College President <b>Jean Hernandez</b> highlighted the need to increase students’ access to, and awareness of, the loan program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021131"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 1:03:45)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dual-credit programs topic of House hearing <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC policy associate, testified in support of </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2285&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2285</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> before the <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> on Thursday, Jan. 20. The measure would require the Washington Student Achievement Council to study differences in how colleges and universities award credit for dual-credit coursework, such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs. The measure is considered a first step toward consistent awarding of credits among colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“I’m pleased to say that we have had a system-wide State Board policy with all 34 colleges for advanced placement since May of 2000,” Copeland said. “We are in complete support.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020144"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 1:03:15)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Adult education, credit for prior learning discussed <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Adult education has traditionally been viewed as an isolated function in higher education -- students learn basic skills, pass a GED or other high school equivalency, and are set adrift to find their own way. In a world where most jobs require at least some level of college education, these students too often land in economic insecurity. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">That’s all changing under the new </span><a href="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-abe_state-plan.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Washington State Adult Education Plan</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, according to <b>Jon Kerr</b>, SBCTC Adult Basic Education director. At a <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> work session on Friday, Jan. 21, Kerr said the plan moves the finish line from passing a high school equivalency test, to entering college or a career, he said. The goal is to get adult education students to and through the “tipping point” – one year of college plus a credential such as nursing, welding or drafting -- that leads to more financial security. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Adult education serves people with below high-school-level knowledge or limited English language skills. Strategies outlined in the plan:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Directly connect adult education to college and careers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Set a clear destination for students from the very beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Provide instruction in real-world contexts that have meaning to students’ lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Advance students based on competency and skills learned rather than on seat time, accelerating their progress. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Create partnership with community-based organizations to help students stay in school and on track. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“It’s essential that we provide pathways to meaningful certificates and degrees for all of our adults and the new state plan is doing just that,” Kerr said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Washington’s community and technical colleges and partnering community-based organizations provide 90 percent of all adult education in Washington, so the new plan will prompt change statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Jon Kerr testimony (begins at 24:15)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The importance of partnerships <o:p> </o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Laura DiZazzo</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Seattle Central Community College dean of basic and transitional studies, said her college integrates education planning into adult education classes. Students explore college options, tap resources, and set plans in motion. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Partnerships with community based organizations are vital, she said, pointing to an I-BEST program offered by Seattle Central with the YWCA Opportunity Place in downtown Seattle. (I-BEST stands for “Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training,” a team-teaching approach where basic skills are taught in the context of job training in the same class.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Taleah Mitchell</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, a 26-year-old Seattle Central student, said the I-BEST program at the YWCA transformed her from a GED-holder to a college student with leadership and honors credentials. “All these things happened to me because of one really crucial difference with the I-BEST program that I can attest to,” she said. “In that program, the people there not only taught me things, but they taught me a lot of life skills that instilled this confidence in me. And you know, that’s not something we hear, and that’s something that moved me forward.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mitchell is double majoring in computer science and women and gender studies, and has her sights set on moving to Massachusetts to attend Smith, Mount Holyoke, or Amherst -- and then returning to Washington. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Seattle Central testimony (begins at 54:40)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Establishing a clear path<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Michelle Andreas</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, South Puget Sound Community College vice president of instruction, said the college plans to completely overhaul basic skills education rather than tinkering around the edges. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">When students view adult education “it’s blurry, there’s a million ways to get ‘there’ and ‘there’ is not even clear to them. It’s a maze. It’s foggy, and often there’s no end in sight,” Andreas said. “We must create, from the moment they step on campus, clear opportunities for them to see their way ahead and where the end is.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To reach that goal, SPSCC plans to create pathways from Adult Basic Education into four key occupational clusters: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Human and social development.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Business.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">STEM and healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Maker-based” (trades, culinary, or other programs that involve making things). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Students will embark on those paths from the beginning, but still have flexibility to shift to other areas without losing ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Seattle Central testimony (begins at 1:08:26)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">High School 21+<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Michal Ann Watts</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, a Lower Columbia College adult education instructor, lauded the State Board’s “High School 21+” program, a competency-based high school diploma offered at participating community and technical colleges for adults 21 years old and older. Advisors in the program look at transcripts and life-knowledge, and form a plan for completing a diploma. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“”When a [GED-seeking] student comes in, they’re already feeling terrible for having dropped out of high school,” Watts said. “[With High School 21+] students have the ability to go back in time and say, ‘this was the one spot I didn’t do well in and now I can fix that and walk out with a high school diploma.’ Their shoulders go back, their heads come up,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Randy Bailey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, a 43-year-old Lower Columbia student, said his fear of tests always got in the way of accomplishing a GED. The High School 21+ program changed that, he said, by building a diploma from transcripts, classes, and competency rather than from a pass-or-fail test. Bailey is now studying welding at Lower Columbia and has made the dean’s list. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“I promote this program 100 percent to anybody I see, because if they gave a guy at the age of 43 an opportunity, they can give anybody an opportunity,” he said. “My biggest highlight, at the age of 43, was going down and getting senior pictures.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Lower Columbia testimony (begins at 1:20:58)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Credit for prior learning </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Earlier in the House Higher Education Committee meeting, SBCTC policy associate <b>Scott Copeland</b> spoke in favor of </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, which would <span style="color:black">require public colleges and universities to adopt policies to award academic credit for military training. All 34 community and technical colleges already have policies in place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The substitute version includes SBCTC-initiated changes to ensure prior learning credits are applied specifically to degrees and certificates so veterans don’t exhaust or lose their benefits. “It’s a safety valve as we care and watch out for our veteran students,” Copeland explained. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to Scott Copeland testimony (begins at 16:16)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. Here is the next round of important session cutoff dates fast approaching:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 28: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5 p.m.)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed by 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations <span style="color:black"> provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo12"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – <span style="color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – <span style="color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – <span style="color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-38366316195627280682014-02-15T19:34:00.001-08:002014-02-15T19:34:24.401-08:00Session marks halfway point, CTC bills passing<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This week legislators marked the session halfway point with plenty of action on bills impacting community and technical colleges. In addition, CTCs presented before legislative committees on a variety of issues and continued to be part of discussions with lawmakers in Olympia. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Campus climate examined in work session<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b>, chaired by <b>Rep. Larry Seaquist</b>, D-Gig Harbor, held a three-part work session on Wednesday, Feb. 12, regarding health and safety in higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Campus safety and security<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Overby</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Skagit Valley College</b> director of security services, gave an overview of the safety and security issues, challenges, and policies for the community and technical college system, as well as those specific to his campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In examining security vulnerabilities, colleges ask themselves if buildings can be locked down, whether employees can quickly and discretely summon help, whether information technology is secure (from cyber hackers) with redundancies in case of emergency, and whether parking lots and other areas of campus are secure.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Skagit is the second oldest college in the state and its buildings cannot be locked down from a central control center, Overby explained.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“There is more work to be done,” said Overby. On behalf of campus safety officers, he asked the committee to support campus safety improvements and training initiatives outlined in a <a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/college/trustees/2010_campus_safety_and_security--revised.pdf"> 2010 SBCTC report to the Legislature</a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">, particularly, to support funding for technology </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(electronic access devices, duress buttons, cameras, ID cards, and security/fire alarm systems) and to restore/improve access to mental health care.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Local communities also look to the colleges as designated safe havens for food, clothing, and shelter in the event of disaster. Overby described mutual aid agreements with the American Red Cross and other entities as well as local multi-agency training in incident response.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tim Walters</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Eastern Washington University chief of police, and <b>Steve Hanson</b>, Washington State University, assistant chief of police, discussed security issues and challenges at the public baccalaureates.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020101">Link to testimony (begins at 00:04)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=HX1SNhZsVso&att=false">Link to Skagit Valley College presentation</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Student debt<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Student Debt Reduction Working Group of the Associated Students at the University of Washington presented its <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=DCFv9Q2roEA&att=false"> research findings about student debt at the UW</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuition increases mean it is no longer possible to cover the cost of college with part-time jobs. Their calculations found that UW students need to work 54 hours per week (year-round at minimum wage) to fully fund an education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">They found that middle-income students have the greatest unmet need, with students from middle-income families not eligible for financial aid, but unable to afford college without loans. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Student debt impacts:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Of those students accessing mental health counseling services, 33 percent cite financial stress.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Students simply drop out or go back to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Added difficulty for time-intensive majors such as engineering or pre-medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Undue sacrifice by families, taking on private loans and second mortgages.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Less ability to engage or participate on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brian McQuay</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Pierce College Puyallup</b> student, described the stress of repaying loans as students complete college.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">He will graduate in June with $15,000 in debt and guesses he could be $30,000 to $40,000 in debt when he is completely finished with his postsecondary education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Older students can’t rely on their parents,” said McQuay, “Some already have a family themselves.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">He also shared that attending college is not just about tuition, but also includes cost of living expenses. “Tuition is only part of it,” he said, explaining the burden of total living expenses. “I worry about this current generation and future generations who can’t pursue the education and careers they want.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020101">Link to testimony (begins at 46:34:00)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mental health on campus</span><o:p></o:p></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deb Casey,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Green River Community College</b> vice president of student affairs and human resources, and <b>Cyndi Rapier, Green River Community College</b> director of housing and safety response for international programs, gave an overview of student mental health issues system-wide and response at their campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“The International Association of Counseling Services recommends a staffing level of one counselor for every 1,000 to 1,500 students,” Casey said. “We have 9,000-plus students and two counselors. It doesn’t work when you have increased demand for services.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About 10 percent of any population — whether in the community or on campus — has mental health issues, according to Casey. The range of behaviors on campus can range from lacking social and problem-solving skills to attempted suicide.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Green River has embedded “human crisis response” into its emergency management plan with the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), a multidisciplinary team that meets on a regular basis to review and respond to reports of student behavior that may<b> </b>pose a threat of self-harm or a threat to the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">By way of example, Casey said the shooter at Virginia Tech logged 70 behavior-related incidents all over campus, but there was not a holistic way to see a pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The BIT process requires a “culture of reporting,” with information and incidents — e.g. a disturbing class essay or a Running Start student who has an episode at high school — funneled into one place so that, taken in total, it may be more readily apparent if there is an escalating problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rapier said counselors go beyond the campus boundaries and network with community resources, including cultural organizations, food and clothing banks, and domestic violence resources, on behalf of their students.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Challenges to the community and technical college system include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Increased funding for staffing, academic accommodations, safety communication systems, professional development, capacity-building, and partnerships.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Statewide technology systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Increased support and funding for mental health, counseling, and other community resources and referral agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elizabeth McHugh</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, The Evergreen State College director of counseling and health services, described the increase in student anxiety and stress over the past five years, coupled with limited campus resources and increased complexity, especially drug and alcohol issues combined with mental health issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ted Pratt</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Western Washington University dean of students, gave an overview of increase of usage of counseling center, including waiting lists for services.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020101">Link to testimony (begins at 1:13:46)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=QQhjDyPDNFg&att=false">Link to Green River presentation</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bills<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This week legislators took action on a number of bills CTCs are tracking this session: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2336&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2336</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: increasing higher education transparency by posting departmental budget information online. This bill passed the House 95-3 and has been scheduled for a public hearing in Senate Higher Education Feb. 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing CTCs to award honorary applied baccalaureate degrees. This bill passed the House 98-0 and has been referred to Senate Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2486&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2486</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing state funds to provide associate degrees for incarcerated adults. This bill passed the house 59-37 (2 excused) and will now be referred to a Senate committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2546&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2546</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: making modifications to outdated higher education statutes. This bill passed the House 98-0 and has been referred to Senate Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2613&year=2013">SHB 2613</a>: making institutions of higher education more efficient through alternative payroll periods, predesign limits for capital projects, and other means. This bill passed the House 96-0 (2 excused) and will be referred to a Senate committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2626&year=2013">ESHB 2626</a>: concerning the WA Student Achievement Council’s educational attainment goals. This bill passed the House 87-10 (1 excused) and will now be referred to a Senate committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2651&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2651</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: promoting higher education transparency by requiring budget information is posted online. This bill passed the House 97-1 and is scheduled for a public hearing in Senate Higher Education Feb. 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit – tied to a degree or certificate – for prior military training. This bill passed the Senate 48-0 (1 excused) and has been referred to House Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6358&year=2013">SB 6358</a>: requiring CTCs to notify students of financial aid policies on a rolling basis. This bill passed the Senate 48-0 and will be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6362&year=2013">SSB 6362</a>: promoting higher education efficiencies through alternative payroll periods, aligning reporting requirements for four-year institutions under previous legislation, and other means. This bill passed the Senate 48-0 (1 excused) and will now be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6436&year=2013">ESSB 6436</a>: creates a stakeholder work group to study the College Bound scholarship program and make recommendations to the Legislature. This bill passed the Senate 48-0 and will now be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/documents/watch_list_february_14_2014.pdf">Click here</a> for a longer list of high priority CTC bills still in play.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/documents/bill_status_021414.pdf">Click here</a> for a complete list of CTC bills being tracked this legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. Here is the next round of important session cutoff dates fast approaching:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 18: house of origin cutoff (5 p.m.)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in their original chamber must be passed by 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 28: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5 p.m.)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed by 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-36193038884216217882014-02-08T17:21:00.000-08:002014-02-08T17:22:13.607-08:00Students rally, CTC bills progress in session<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nearing the session halfway point, legislative work is evolving as the first round of cutoff dates pass. Legislators are now moving from hearing bills in committees to debating bills on the chamber floor. For community and technical colleges this means closely monitoring bills for amendments, tracking budget discussions, and providing information to decision makers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This edition of Legislative News contains highlights from the week where CTCs monitored and testified on a number of bills and CTC students rallied support for higher education in Olympia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Postsecondary education for inmates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A measure to reduce recidivism rates through prison education received a public hearing before the <b>Senate Human Service and Corrections Committee</b> on Thursday, Feb. 6. Sponsored by <b>Sen. Jim Hargrove</b>, D-Hoquiam, </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6344&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Senate Bill 6344</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> would allow the Department of Corrections (DOC) to offer post-secondary education degree programs within its existing budget. Current law limits prison education to basic skills, vocational, and high school diploma or equivalent courses. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC executive director, clarified that the bill would not cost the state more money. “This bill would not ask for additional money,” Brown said. “We’re actually here, we hope, to save you money on recidivism.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bernie Warner</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, DOC secretary, agreed, saying the bill would allow for a broader spectrum of prison education. “This really is one of the best investments in our portfolio of services to reduce recidivism and increase public safety,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ed Brewster</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Grays Harbor College president, cited research on the impact of education on recidivism rates. Education provides an opportunity for ex-offenders to find jobs, he said, which “contributes to lower costs of incarceration, increases public safety, and decreases the cost associated with the criminal justice system in general.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020062"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 29:50)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CTC students rally, make voices heard<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sporting colorful T-shirts, scarves and banners representing community and technical colleges, hundreds of students rallied on the capital campus on Friday, Feb. 7 to urge continued legislative support for two-year colleges. This year’s event titled, “Washington’s Greatest Investment,” was emceed by Peninsula College student <b>Emma Sackett</b>, Washington Community and Technical College Student Association (WACTCSA) acting president. A large crowd of elected officials, legislative and staff members, and higher education stakeholders gathered in support.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_NyKUVXbUNmNHXGJB41fAMqQlkia7aSx6Fy1sQ9iZ7Rk5fk30uFRXs_Ysjj8wnxja8_j1709hZbItkHX79bhfqkPTo0NybgTaFOft-_dOOp5Y9PmKy4B8IXGB22OUIaHIWNxAzMbbPc/s1600/image001-733608.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_NyKUVXbUNmNHXGJB41fAMqQlkia7aSx6Fy1sQ9iZ7Rk5fk30uFRXs_Ysjj8wnxja8_j1709hZbItkHX79bhfqkPTo0NybgTaFOft-_dOOp5Y9PmKy4B8IXGB22OUIaHIWNxAzMbbPc/s320/image001-733608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5978203347886838946" /></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rep. Chris Reykdal</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, D-Tumwater, kicked off the event followed by student speakers <b>Kary Ortiz-Rangle</b> of North Seattle Community College, and <b>Robert Lasker</b> of Pierce College Fort Steilacoom. <b>Marty Cavalluzzi</b>, Pierce College Puyallup president, and <b>Debrena Jackson Gandy</b>, Highline Community College trustee also rallied the crowd. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM-iaiOG9hs0vS4L0XT8oNPAl8m7Osj4x7rjHecqlkgwG2RUo-SBTGuuA4-xmduyExo39tbMy0L4CAquLAeWporLqI3lL8_Yu3EM-VLvTBr95eSatIUxZyg8gm3t7S7HL00hVGaIbxyQ/s1600/image002-736433.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM-iaiOG9hs0vS4L0XT8oNPAl8m7Osj4x7rjHecqlkgwG2RUo-SBTGuuA4-xmduyExo39tbMy0L4CAquLAeWporLqI3lL8_Yu3EM-VLvTBr95eSatIUxZyg8gm3t7S7HL00hVGaIbxyQ/s320/image002-736433.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5978203359331621970" /></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other legislative speakers included <b>Rep.</b> <b>Norma Smith</b>, R-Clinton and <b>Rep.</b> <b>Hans Zeiger</b>, R-Puyallup, both members of the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b>. Speaking on behalf of the Senate were <b> Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Barbara Bailey</b>, R-Oak Harbor and <b>Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles</b>, D-Seattle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivwrSLbARKEDO8jSzn4JpHIxNPkmaLBFYuVfDXFbtYzZktnVuMgZsjtPqApn8LxWgbMIlsWGey-bHn_jsQxwM3LRk_mSdz8ByvP5AAgViOhGNvUVGOx6SI0Y-Kf830tvYrCRsbIlSwJI/s1600/image003-738158.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivwrSLbARKEDO8jSzn4JpHIxNPkmaLBFYuVfDXFbtYzZktnVuMgZsjtPqApn8LxWgbMIlsWGey-bHn_jsQxwM3LRk_mSdz8ByvP5AAgViOhGNvUVGOx6SI0Y-Kf830tvYrCRsbIlSwJI/s320/image003-738158.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5978203368487936834" /></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bills<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">After yesterday’s first policy committee cutoff, here are bills still in play that impact community and technical colleges:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1769&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 1769</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: creating efficiencies for higher education institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1817&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 1817</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid (Dream Act).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1858&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 1858</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit for prior military training.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2285&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 2285</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: studying state dual credit programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2336&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2336</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: increasing higher education transparency by posting departmental budget information online.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2396&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2396</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: increasing participation of underrepresented students in Running Start.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing CTCs to award honorary applied baccalaureate degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2486&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2486</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing state funds to provide associate degrees for incarcerated adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2546&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2546</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: making modifications to outdated higher education statutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2651&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHB 2651</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: promoting higher education transparency by requiring budget information by category is posted online.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SSB 5969</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: awarding academic credit – tied to a degree or certificate – for prior military training.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6523&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 6523</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: allowing undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid and providing $5 million for the State Need Grant (Real Hope Act).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/documents/watch_list_february_6_2014.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for a longer list of high priority CTC bills still in play.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/documents/bill_status_020714.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for a complete list of CTC bills being tracked this legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. Here is the next round of important session cutoff dates approaching:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 11: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in fiscal committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 18: house of origin cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in their original chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 28: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-54038199884198523852014-02-02T14:05:00.001-08:002014-02-02T14:05:59.125-08:00Committees ramp up hearings, first cutoff date fast approaching<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">With the Feb. 7 cutoff date fast approaching, legislative committees are scheduling, hearing, and passing a number of higher education bills. Legislative proposals impacting CTCs range from financial aid, precollege initiatives, budget transparency, workforce training, and college efficiencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Expanding education to reduce recidivism<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b>, chaired by <b>Rep. Larry Seaquist</b>, D-Gig Harbor, held a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, on </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2486&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">House Bill 2486</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, which aims to reduce the likelihood of former inmates re-offending by allowing postsecondary education degree programs for incarcerated adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">While basic skills, vocational, and high school diploma or equivalent are currently allowed, the Department of Corrections (DOC) is barred from using state funds to pay for post-secondary academic education courses (those typically leading to an associate transfer degree).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The bill would repeal that prohibition and authorize DOC to offer such degree programs within available resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“For every dollar invested [in education for inmates], we get a five dollar return to the state in public safety and reduced social costs,” said <b>Bernie Warner</b>, DOC secretary, “Eighty percent of inmates who engage in education are retained in those programs. They take it very seriously.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Warner said no state funds are used for post-secondary academic education programs offered at correctional facilities. <b>Walla Walla Community College</b> used funds from </span><a href="http://www.sunshinelady.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Sunshine Lady Foundation</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> to provide college transfer courses to inmates and 177 have graduated with AA degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jacquie Armstrong</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, SBCTC policy associate for adult basic education and corrections, testified in favor of the measure, pointing out that prison education reduces recidivism and increases employment opportunities.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Armstrong said national studies — as well as research by the Washington Institute for Public Policy — show education reduces recidivism rates. In addition, AA graduates released from the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center have, to date, had zero percent recidivism.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kevin Miller</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, who earned a computer information systems program certificate and later an AA degree from <b>Edmonds Community College</b> while incarcerated at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary and the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, has been out of prison since July 2012. Miller will graduate from Washington State University – Vancouver in May.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Without an opportunity for growth and change, there’s not a real shot at reforming a person [in prison],” Miller said. “Education was a springboard for my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">He said the scales are tipped against former inmates, but an education helps balance the scales with employers and shows a person has taken the initiative to better themselves and be a better citizen.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011268#start=3306&stop=5152"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 55:05)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Senate committee holds confirmation, pre-college hearings<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Senate Higher Education Committee held a confirmation hearing for State Board member <b>Jay Reich</b> on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Reich said he felt privileged to work in the community and technical college sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“[The CTC system is] among the most flexible, it’s among the most entrepreneurial, it’s the most grounded in terms of community involvement and linkages to employment,” he said. “To me, frankly, given the daunting needs and the need for capacity-building, it holds among the greatest opportunities looking forward.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">After the confirmation hearing, the focus shifted to pre-college education. <b>Michelle Andreas</b>, <b>South Puget Sound Community College</b> vice president of instruction, discussed data-driven approaches that are making a difference in Washington. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A former SBCTC staff member, Andreas corrected two common myths: most pre-college students are straight out of high school (most have been out of high school at least three years), and they get stuck in a substrata of pre-college courses (many students take one or two pre-college courses, typically in math, while enrolled in other college-level classes). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“You might imagine yourself having gone through high school, maybe even a fabulous writer, and really good at math, but being away from those two subjects for a while [and] not having the opportunity to do a lot of continued skill development … you might need some brushing up if you were to go back and retool.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">She pointed to successful approaches in Washington, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I-BEST, which uses a team-teaching approach to combine college-readiness classes with regular, credit-bearing academic or job training classes. Students work on college-level studies right away, clearing multiple levels in one leap. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Concurrent classes that close the “persistence gap.” Students are required to take precollege and college-level classes in the same subject, at the same time – such as English 98 and English 100 – leaving them no option but to proceed in college-level study.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Competency-based education, where students move through pre-college courses based on knowledge gained rather than time spent in a classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Multiple assessments – including high school transcripts – for the many students who might know a subject matter but fare poorly on traditional placement tests.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Andreas pointed out that South Puget Sound Community College has collapsed the sequence of pre-college courses so students can take just a couple of courses instead of an entire series. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011275"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (Jay Reich at 5:57, Michelle Andreas at 16:00)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Financial aid work session<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> held a financial aid work session on Thursday, Jan. 30. <b>Rachelle Sharpe</b>, Washington Student Achievement Council senior director of student financial aid and support services, kicked off the meeting with an overview of the types of financial aid -- federal, state, institution, and private. Individual colleges package those programs differently for each student based on eligibility and program rules, she explained. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sharpe said the average annual student loan amount increased dramatically between 2007-2008 and 2012-2013:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Up 50 percent for research universities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Up 59 percent for regional universities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Up 100 percent for community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The spike in student loans started to level between 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, she said, probably because students hit the maximum federal borrowing limit those years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lisa Matye Edwards</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Lower Columbia College</b> vice president of student success, and <b>Marisa Geier</b>, director of financial aid, offered different financial aid scenarios and spotlighted the large number of students with financial need. About 429 eligible Lower Columbia students have not received State Need Grants, causing a $1.5 million Need Grant deficit at the college.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011313">Link to testimony (Rachelle Sharpe at 12:26, Lower Columbia at 1:00:30)</a>.<span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Capital work session<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wayne Doty</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC capital budget director, spoke before the <b>Senate Ways and Means Committee </b>on Thursday, Jan. 30, as part of a work session on construction costs and capital projects for community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The committee organized the session around capital construction cost drivers which include, among other things:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Inflation rate (labor/materials and market competition);<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scope (purpose) and durability (life expectancy);<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prevailing wage, high performance building;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Public procurement process; and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Codes and standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We are not building the same buildings we built 12 years ago,” Doty explained. “The project cost per square foot of building has gone up faster than what can be explained by just the inflation of labor and materials.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Doty said that despite the many changes in requirements and learning environments, the system is managing projects within the funding provided, competitively bidding every project, and returning any savings to the state when projects are complete.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Several factors result in higher costs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">High performance building standards (adopted in 2005);<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Building and fire codes change every two years;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Storm water management manuals (updated in 2004 and 2005), with additional requirements for urban density areas;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Permitting authorities are imposing more mitigation to local impacts;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The creation of campus-wide notification and lock-down systems to increase student safety;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Long-term planning, flexible designs, and quality construction that allows colleges to adapt buildings to future uses; and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Updated technology throughout the buildings, such as wireless connectivity, projectors, and monitors.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Doty highlighted projects in the system’s 2014 supplemental request to illustrate the changes:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Centralia College</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">’s new Student Service Center will replace two old buildings that do not meet current standards for safety and access.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Olympic College</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">’s pending Instruction Center incorporates the changes outlined above.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011318"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to testimony (begins at 27:20)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=0et9B6K1Eq4&att=false"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to SBCTC presentation</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bills<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Legislature took action on a few bills this week:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Real Hope Act, in-state tuition for veterans passes Senate<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6523&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 6523</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, the Real Hope Act, sponsored by <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>, R-Oak Harbor, passed the Senate 35-10 (4 excused) yesterday. This bill makes undocumented students eligible for state financial aid. In addition, $5 million in new funding is provided for the State Need Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 6523 will now be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5318&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 5318</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, introduced last session also by Sen. Bailey, passed the Senate 45-0 (4 excused) the same day. This bill waives the one-year waiting period for veterans to be able to pay in-state tuition. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SB 5318 will now be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Credit for military training bill passes House<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1858&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1858</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, introduced last session by then-Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, passed the House 95-0 (3 excused). This bill requires all higher education institutions to have a policy in place to award academic credit for students with prior military training. All CTCs currently have a policy in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1858 will now be referred to a House committee for further action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">House hears statutory modification bill<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> heard </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2546&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2546</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> on Jan. 29. This bill, sponsored by <b>Rep. Chris Reykdal</b>, D-Tumwater, allows the expiration of many outdated state statutes impacting CTCs including:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Officially transferring technical colleges from K-12 to the higher education system;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enrollment and financial aid budget calculations based on participation rates from the early 90s;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Programs that have been defunded and are no longer used (e.g. the Displaced Homemaker Act and Project Even Start); and <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Some higher education general obligation bonds that have since matured.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. These dates directly impact legislative work and are important to note. This session, these dates are:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 7: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 11: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in fiscal committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 18: house of origin cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in their original chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 28: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Session resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo7"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-91205686175197318642014-01-25T16:09:00.001-08:002014-01-25T16:09:18.189-08:00CTCs honor students, advocate for system initiatives during busy second week of session<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Legislature’s second week ended with a flurry of activity around higher education issues and a near record number of bills introduced. Similar to last week, community and technical colleges were in the spotlight with a number of issues: performance funding, financial aid, dual credit programs, system funding, and many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Highlights below include summaries of our annual trustee winter conference and Transforming Lives event, presentations in committee work sessions, testimony on proposed legislation, and action taken on bills that impact the CTC system.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Trustees gather for conference, name Transforming Lives award winners<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC) held its annual two-day Legislative Contact Conference in Olympia to honor this year’s <a href="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/public/trustees/booklet.pdf">Transforming Lives</a> award winners and to hear from legislators about higher education issues. A number of legislators spoke at the event on Monday, Jan. 20, starting with <b>Sen. Barbara Bailey</b>, R-Oak Harbor, and Senate Higher Education Committee chair. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sen. Bailey acknowledged that higher education has been neglected in recent years and said legislators are paying attention to the needs of community and technical colleges. She also thanked trustees for their important role as volunteers, serving colleges and communities with their diverse perspectives, business expertise, and insights to student success.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We know higher education is a stepping stone to a good career,” Bailey said. “We need to make sure our students have access to one of the best education systems in the nation to prepare them to be successful, productive, and drive the state’s economy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Majority Floor Leader Sen. Joe Fain</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, R-Auburn, said the decision to freeze tuition in the 2013-2015 operating budget marks a crucial shift in the Legislature’s approach to funding higher education. Lawmakers too often divert money from higher education and filled the gap with tuition increases that burden students who are trying to move ahead in life, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“What we’re doing down here in the Legislature, I think, is a fundamental re-shift away from using tuition as a backdoor tax increase to pay for other state spending,” he said. “I hope that we have realized that the organizations that you represent in this room are the absolute keys to our economic recovery and the absolute keys to the success of our state in the long run.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rep. Larry Seaquist</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, D-Gig Harbor, and House Higher Education Committee chair, called upon the higher education community to accomplish three goals to set the stage for greater public support in 2015: turn the Washington Student Achievement Council’s <i>Roadmap</i> into actionable items, form an education advocacy network, and rethink student financial aid “from end to end.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Without additional investments in higher education, he said, “…our state is going to continue to decline in educational attainment, meaning our state is going to decline. We cannot have that. We’ve got to turn it around now.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Lawmakers focus on performance funding<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">David Prince</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC research director, highlighted the community and technical college system’s nationally recognized Student Achievement Initiative (SAI) during a work session before the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> on Tuesday, Jan. 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Under SAI – the system’s performance-based funding approach – colleges earn a portion of their funding based on results, not just enrollments. Points, and funding, are awarded when students reach key academic achievement points that propel them toward certificates, degrees and transfers. The number of degrees and certificates completed at Washington’s community and technical colleges increased by 46 percent from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A new version of SAI launched this year places a new emphasis on student retention and completion. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The extraordinary thing about the SAI, Prince said, is that it measures student progress incrementally as students move through college. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“The performance measures recognize all of the missions within the community college system: adult basic education, transfer education, professional-technical education. We take that all into account in one measurement system,” Prince said. Through SAI, colleges learn “Here’s where your students were in the beginning of the year, here’s what’s happening to them quarter-by-quarter, here’s where you know they need to move next.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prince pointed to innovative approaches that are improving student success at <b>Bellingham Technical College</b>,<b> Tacoma Community College</b>,<b> </b>and <b> Walla Walla Community College. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Student Achievement Initiative was also the highlight of a <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> work session on Thursday, Jan. 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011090">Link to TVW House testimony (begins at 27:55)</a> and <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=kRI2uihQ9RA&att=false"> link to SBCTC presentation.</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014010100">Link to TVW Senate testimony (begins at 17:45)</a> and <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=axV-ZCOO7vw&att=false"> link to SBCTC presentation.</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Testimony supports Governor’s capital budget proposal<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wayne Doty</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC capital budget director, testified in favor of the Governor’s supplemental capital budget proposal before the <b>House Capital Budget Committee</b> on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Contained in <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2224&year=2013"> HB 2224</a>, the proposal includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A $3.162 million new appropriation for the design phase of the <b>Centralia College</b> Student Services building. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Authority to finance $3 million for the <b>Lower Columbia</b> Student Housing using local funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Authority to finance $3 million for the <b>Lower Columbia</b> Main Building renovation using local funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The proposal does not provide the $53 million in construction funding requested for the <b>Olympic College</b> Instruction Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jim Walton</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Centralia College</b> president, said the proposal would allow the college to finish redesigning its aging and overcrowded Student Services Building and replace parking that the building will ultimately displace. “Parking is an issue because we’re in the middle of a residential district and our building will displace one of our largest parking lots. The City of Centralia is so concerned that they issued us a letter saying that they would not issue us a building permit until we take care of this issue,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chris Bailey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Lower Columbia College</b> president, said the proposal gives the college permission to finance two projects using local funds: purchase student housing adjacent to the campus, and convert underused space in the oldest building for much-needed math classrooms. “These classrooms are part of our STEM work that is in great demand,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">David Mitchell</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Olympic College</b> president, pointed out that the Olympic College Instruction Center was the only project on the system’s capital request list not funded in the budget proposal. “The system strongly recommends that this be in the budget. The project has been funded for design. It’s replacing an old building that has seismic problems, it’s not accessible, it doesn’t meet ADA standards, and mechanical and electrical systems have run their useful life.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014010111">Link to TVW testimony (begins at 50:10).</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Institutional funding put to good use for students<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Students have benefitted greatly from $18.5 million in new, flexible funding authorized in the 2013-2015 operating budget, according to testimony at the <b>House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education</b> hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 22. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rich Cummins</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Columbia Basin College</b> president, said the funding creates a “virtuous circle” of improved student services and retention. “The Legislature’s foresight has already provided a backbone for improved strategies for attracting and retaining our community’s future – home-grown, successful students who add great value to our quality of life,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">David Mitchell</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, <b>Olympic College</b> president, said the new investment has been put to good use in student support services.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nick Lutes</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC operating budget director, gave a historical funding perspective. The 2013-2015 annual state appropriations for the community and technical college system are 19 percent lower than the “high water mark” of FY 2009 (23 percent lower when adjusted for inflation). Tuition increases and other resources have helped fill the void, but have placed a burden on students. Community and technical college students now pay 35 percent of their higher education, up from 24 percent in FY 2009. <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011115">Link to TVW testimony (CTC speakers not featured because video ends early).</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=_yu4gHT1dE4&att=false">Link to SBCTC presentation.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Bills<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hundreds of bills have been introduced by legislators over the last week. With the first cutoff date fast approaching, the Legislature has begun to take action on a number of these proposals that impact CTCs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>House hears dual credit, Common Core, BAS degrees, and cosmetology bills<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC policy associate, testified in support of </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2285&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2285</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> and </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2396&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2396</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> during the Jan. 22 <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> hearing. HB 2285 requires the WA Student Achievement Council to study dual credit programs and recommend improvements to the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2014. HB 2396 aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who participate in Running Start. Local school districts are required to create enrollment plans, with information from local CTCs, to increase participation rates among these students.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011114"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to TVW testimony (begins at 1:04).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">During a Jan. 24 <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> hearing, <b>Bill Moore</b>, SBCTC Core to College Alignment director, testified in support of </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2383&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2383</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> that requires ongoing alignment of the K-12 Common Core with higher education institutions. Education agencies are required to submit information to the WA Student Achievement Council to roll into a final report due to the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We’ve been working very hard as a system to improve the issues around remediation and precollege programs in order to accelerate student progress to and through college level coursework,” Moore said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011254"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to TVW testimony (begins at 23:00).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">During the same hearing,<b> Jim Walton</b>, <b>Centralia College</b> president, <b>Stu Halsan</b>, <b>Centralia College</b> trustee, <b>Jan Yoshiwara</b>, SBCTC Education Services deputy director, and <b>Paul Bell</b>, <b>Bellevue College</b> student, testified in support of </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2398&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2398</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> allowing CTCs to award honorary BAS degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Halsan testified about the great opportunity for Centralia and other CTCs to grant applied baccalaureate degrees and to honor those active with their local college. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us and for people who are in rural areas to secure four-year degrees. We very much would encourage the Legislature to move this bill forward,” Halsan said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Walton explained how Centralia College has awarded honorary associate degrees, but that allowing honorary BAS degrees would further demonstrate the important role community members play in the success of their local college. “We have offered honorary associate degrees over time and because of the fact that we now have a very successful applied science degree, we would like the ability to honor individuals who have dedicated themselves to Centralia College by offering them an honorary degree,” Walton said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yoshiwara testified that CTCs have seen a spike in the number of BAS degrees offered with many more in the pipeline. “We are very pleased to support HB 2398. We’ve had exponential growth in the number of programs and the number of colleges offering applied baccalaureate degree opportunities for their technical or associate degree graduates. The program is truly meeting the goals you outlined in the enabling legislation,” Yoshiwara said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bell offered student support for the bill explaining this is another way CTCs are responding to emerging needs. “[HB 2398] provides institutions like mine…awarding their highest honors in ways they deem appropriate, on an institution basis.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011254"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to TVW testimony (begins at 53:33).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Jan. 24, the <b>House Business and Financial Services Committee</b> heard a substitute to </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2512&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 2512</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> that creates a hair design license impacting cosmetology training programs at our colleges across the state. <b>Tiffany Merkel</b>, SBCTC program administrator, <b>Alison Grazzini Smith</b>, SBCTC legislative director, <b>Tina Evans</b>, <b>Everett Community College</b> faculty, and <b>Sylvia Garcia</b>, <b>Spokane Community College</b> faculty testified in support of the substitute bill. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011251"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to TVW testimony (begins at 46:22).</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>House passes efficiency, faculty increment bills<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1769&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 1769</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, introduced last session by <b>Rep. Monica Stonier</b>, D-Vancouver, passed the House 97-0 (1 excused). Aimed at increasing efficiency in higher education, this bill increases the threshold for capital predesign from $5 million to $10 million and increases the maximum value for a minor works project from $2 million to $5 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 1769 will be referred to a Senate committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1348&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1348</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, introduced last session by <b>Rep. Chris Reykdal</b>, D-Tumwater, passed the House 63-34 (1 excused). This bill <span style="color:black">requires community and technical colleges to provide step increases or increments as they are negotiated in local agreements, even when the amount exceeds the compensation provided by the Legislature in the state budget. Under existing law, salary increases cannot exceed the amount set in the state budget.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1348 has been referred to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Session cutoff dates<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandated </span><a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cutoff dates</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> determine which bills will continue through the legislative process. These dates can impact legislative work – including a flurry of committee hearings – and are important to note. This year, these dates are:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 7: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 11: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in fiscal committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 18: house of origin cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in their original chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feb. 28: policy committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house policy committees must receive a hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 3: fiscal committee cutoff</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in opposite house fiscal committees must receive and hearing and be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 7: opposite house cutoff (5pm)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – bills in the opposite chamber must be passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 13: Sine Die</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – last day of the regular session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Session resources<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations </span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-70281032031198750832014-01-18T15:24:00.001-08:002014-01-18T15:24:19.464-08:00Curtain opens on 2014 session<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Week one of the 60-day legislative session has come to a close and legislators have been busy! Scheduled to end March 13, this year’s legislative session is especially busy given the constricted timeline to pass bills, a possible supplemental budget, and debate over critical statewide issues. Examples include raising the state’s minimum wage, providing a cost-of-living increase to teachers, funding statewide transportation projects, and many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The community and technical college system continues to be well represented in Olympia. This week, CTCs presented in committee hearings, testified on proposed bills, and met with legislators to support our </span><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/documents/2014LegislativeAgenda_FINAL.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2014 legislative session priorities</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. Discussion ranged from student demographic data, the Governor’s proposed supplemental budget, services for student veterans, and long-term goals for the CTC system. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Below are highlights from week one…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Student demographics and workforce training<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">While skill gaps are a hot topic of conversation, another gap is forming in Washington: a population gap. That was the message shared with the <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> during a work session on Tuesday, Jan. 14. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Over the next 20 years, population growth among students straight out of high school – traditionally considered the key source for enrollments – will slow, while the demand for degree-production will grow. Simply put: There won’t be enough high school graduates to meet the higher-education needs of the future workforce. Washington will need to fill the gap with older adults – a faster growing population that is burgeoning in areas of the state with less educational attainment and more diversity. These were among the findings presented by <b>David Prince, </b>SBCTC research director. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“High school graduation classes peaked in 2010 and they won’t peak again until 2027,” Prince said. “Growth is mostly coming from older students and nontraditional students coming back to college or going to college for the first time [and] from areas with the lowest educational attainment.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jan Yoshiwara, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC deputy director for education services, discussed the implications for community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“What we need to think about is how to tap into, in a bigger way, higher education participation for people who have been out of school for a while,” she said. “Older students are overwhelmingly work oriented. They want jobs. And a portion of them need basic skills work or some remediation to get up to college level skills.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">According to Yoshiwara, changing demographics may require a new look at funding. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We have to think about how this is going to affect our funding, because workforce training is the most expensive stuff that we do. If our shift in…the kinds of programs we deliver lean more heavily toward the more expensive programs – which is what we need to do – then we need to think about how we’re going to finance that.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yoshiwara said older students are less patient; they want to get in, get their skills, graduate, and land a job. Community and technical colleges are responding with acceleration strategies, e-learning, competency-based education and integrated studies like I-BEST, which blend basic skills and workforce training in the same class so people achieve multiple levels of education simultaneously rather than sequentially.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=EDi-X3rydFI&att=false">Link to SBCTC presentation.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011012">Link to testimony.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Veterans’ services and the state’s workforce system<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Helping veterans transition back into the workforce was the focus of a <b>Senate Higher Education Committee</b> work session on Thursday, Jan. 16. <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marie Bruin</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC workforce policy associate, discussed the agency’s role with the Washington State Military Transition Council and highlighted far-reaching programs to help veterans readjust and land well-paying jobs. She pointed to training, advising, disability services, tutoring, and service centers as examples of veteran-focused efforts. Community and technical colleges are also working jointly to identify training “crosswalks” that connect service members’ skills with today’s jobs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We are developing programs specifically for veterans in allied health, manufacturing, paralegal, homeland security, emergency management, and criminal justice,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bruin also pointed out that colleges have won federal Department of Labor grants to help veterans train for jobs in aerospace, information technology, health information technology, nursing, aviation, and prosthetics/orthotics. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We want to take a moment to thank all the active military service members, veterans, reserve, National Guard, and their families for their commitment and service to our nation,” she said. “Collectively, we are really proud to support them in pursuing and achieving their educational and career goals.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The committee closed with public testimony on <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2013">SB 5969</a>, which requires public colleges and universities to adopt policies to award academic credit for military training. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scott Copeland</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC student services policy associate, spoke in favor of the measure, pointing out that the state’s 34 community and technical colleges currently have policies in place. SBCTC is proposing additional language to ensure prior learning credits are applied specifically to degrees and certificates so veterans don’t run the risk of exhausting or losing their benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=aAV1e6wRzvo&att=false">Link to SBCTC presentation.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011055">Link to testimony (begins at 1:01).</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Long-term education goals<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chair Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">and <b>House Higher Education Committee </b>members,<b> </b>held a work session on Friday, Jan. 17 to hear how higher education institutions will meet goals outlined in the </span><a href="http://wsac.wa.gov/Roadmap"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WA Student Achievement Council’s Ten-Year Roadmap.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC executive director, <b>Dr. Tim Stokes</b>, South Puget Sound Community College president, and <b>Dr. Marty Cavalluzzi</b>, Pierce College Puyallup president, explained how CTCs are working to meet the Roadmap goals for 2023:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">100 percent of Washington adults (ages 25-44) will have a high school diploma or equivalency; and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">70 percent of Washington adults (ages 25-44) will have a college credential.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brown explained that CTCs represent communities across the state and help students at every educational level increase skills and workforce success. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Every legislative district is covered by a community [or technical] college. We are very well situated because of the number of part time students and because of the outreach to traditionally underserved students to get to that growing population and help with the attainment goals of the Roadmap,” Brown said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Cavalluzzi demonstrated how CTCs are meeting the Roadmap goals at a variety of stages throughout the system, supporting multiple pathways and on-ramps to increase student success. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We are addressing the Roadmap goals on multiple levels. First, we’re creating that direct pipeline to the baccalaureate with 43 percent of our students earning an AA or an AS degree. We’re providing professional, technical training with degrees and certificates and now BAS degrees. That’s allowing people to continue in the workforce and move up within the workforce. We’re providing education for those individuals with less than a ninth grade education and we’re providing those courses that bridge that gap between basic skills and college level courses,” Cavalluzzi said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A significant example of how CTCs continue to track student progress and reward success is the Student Achievement Initiative. Dr. Stokes explained to committee members that this initiative – created by the CTCs – drives our colleges to continually improve educational models. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“We believe this holds some of the greatest promise for us to help meet the two Roadmap goals. What it requires us to do on every single one of our college campuses is to rethink, redesign, and redeploy many of our educational practices… The Student Achievement Initiative is requiring us to think about how we move students through that process with the goal of getting them to college level work more quickly,” Stokes said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=A9V1R0RJMek&att=false"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to SBCTC presentation.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014011061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to hearing on TVW.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Bills<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">During early floor action this week, the House passed two bills that impact CTCs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>Dream Act<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1817&year=2013">ESHB 1817</a>, introduced last session by <b>Rep. Zack Hudgins</b>, D-Tukwila, passed the House 71-23 (2 excused). This bill would allow undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“All young adults who are committed to their communities…who graduate from our high schools…who get into our state colleges…who are already paying state tuition…would be allowed to compete for the opportunity for help with tuition. This isn’t a giveaway; it’s an opportunity to compete,” Hudgins said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Co-sponsor <b>Rep. Bruce Chandler</b>, R-Granger, also spoke in favor of the measure: “This issue is still what is best for our communities, what is best for our state, what is best for our children. At the end of the day, what this bill does is say, ‘if you graduate from a Washington State high school, you will be treated just the same as every other graduate from that high school.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014010033%20-%20start=0">Listen to testimony on TVW (begins at 27:15).</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESHB 1817 is now headed to the Senate for possible consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><b>Differential tuition<o:p></o:p></b></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1043&year=2013">HB 1043</a>, also introduced last session by <b>Rep. Larry Seaquist</b>, D-Gig Harbor, passed the House 90-2 (4 excused). This bill would repeal the ability for higher education institutions to charge differential tuition to resident students for more expensive courses or programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1043 is now headed to the Senate for possible consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Session resources<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC Government Relations provides updated legislative resources throughout session:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Watch List</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – important bills being considered that may have significant impact on the CTC system.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill Status Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – all bills being tracked by SBCTC staff during session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/l_index.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Weekly Hearing Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – schedule of weekly hearings where CTCs are testifying and/or monitoring bills.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://sbctc.edu/college/_l-legisnotebook.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislator information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – contact information for legislators organized by college district, committee, caucus, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991870087285138257.post-66164406059096381222013-11-22T14:35:00.001-08:002013-11-22T14:35:46.095-08:00Legislators return to Olympia, CTC priorities highlighted<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislators were back in Olympia this week for Committee Days. This time each year, all committees in the House and Senate hold work sessions on a variety of topics to set the stage for the upcoming regular legislative session in January.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As always, community and technical colleges were in the spotlight with work sessions, testimony, and legislative outreach to discuss system initiatives and legislative priorities. Below are highlights from another great week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">CTCs meet workforce demands<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>Senate Higher Education Committee </b>held a work session yesterday to hear reports from various stakeholders about connecting services with the needs of Washington’s employers.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tina Bloomer</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC policy associate, the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC), and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, presented the Skilled and Education Workforce Report. Using statewide labor market data, this report assesses the status of degree production in Washington and identifies where skilled workers are needed. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Highlights of the report include wage disparities at varying education levels, the impact of education on unemployment rates, and how aligning curricula between K-12 and postsecondary better prepares students for competitive workforce demands.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/m/cmd/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=_3kfU0KDM7E&att=false"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to presentation.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">Kathy Goebel</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">, SBCTC policy associate, and <b>Amy Johnson</b>, Association of Washington Business (AWB) strategic consultant, jointly presented on partnerships between CTCs and businesses through the Centers of Excellence (COEs). With 10 centers across the state representing in-demand fields, COEs bridge the gap between education and employers while providing professional development, training, faculty exchanges, program content development and review, and real-time economic information of local industries. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">In early 2013, the SBCTC partnered with AWB to host skills gap forums statewide to share information about creating pipelines to better connect skilled workers with in-demand jobs. Participants discussed emerging employer needs, updated economic data, and how CTCs can help build curricula to narrow skills gaps and contribute to a healthy state economy. Outcomes from these forums can be found </span><a href="http://www.awbinstitute.org/docs/2013%20COE%20Report_vFinal_LR.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">here.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/m/cmd/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=eSg6EZ-fcKE&att=false"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">Link to presentation.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">David Prince</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">, SBCTC research and analysis director, presented on the critical need touse current data to inform policy decisions throughout the CTC system and beyond. Prince described the type of data produced and how it’s shared between CTCs, higher education institutions, workforce agencies, and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">CTCs use data to identify areas of need for colleges and to ensure students continue to have resources to reach their higher education goals. Examples include matching employment records, tracking student progression as courses are completed, and compiling program participation information. Discussions continue as needs evolve with a rapidly changing economy, in how to better collect data and share with partners statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/m/cmd/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=I_bxf7f4kI4&att=false"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">Link to presentation.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2013111042"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman">Link to hearing.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Legislators hearing CTC priorities<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <b>House Higher Education Committee</b> held a work session this morning to hear the legislative priorities from Washington’s higher education stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marty Brown</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, SBCTC executive director, and <b>Alison Grazzini Smith</b>, SBCTC legislative director, presented the 2014 CTC system legislative priorities which include funding for high-demand enrollments, the Student Achievement Initiative, the MESA community college program, faculty compensation, severfal capital construction projects, and support for </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1429&year=2013"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HB 1429</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> which expands postsecondary education in corrections institutions statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Committee members also heard presentations from WSAC regarding the Roadmap Plan that identities Washington state educational goals for the next 10 years. Details of the Roadmap Plan can be found </span><a href="http://www.wsac.wa.gov/Roadmap"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">here.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> The Council of Presidents also presented its legislative priorities for the 2014 session.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2013111068">Link to hearing.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading">Legislative outreach<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="Heading"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">To further build critical support for CTC priorities, meetings were held with key legislators and legislative staff to communicate the system’s legislative requests for the upcoming session. With recent election results, there will be a number of new legislators and legislative staff coming to Olympia in the next few months. This means additional outreach opportunities to demonstrate how community and technical colleges play a key role in elevating the lives of students, employers, and Washington’s economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Heading"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="Heading">Future editions<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legislative News will continue to be published as legislative activities occur that impact community and technical colleges. It will be published multiple times each week when the Legislature convenes January 13.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> SBCTC Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734304675604789044noreply@blogger.com