2014 LEGISLATIVE SESSION REPORT
Detailed summary of impacts to Washington’s community and technical college system
BETTER JOBS, BRIGHTER FUTURES, A STRONGER WASHINGTON.
Table of Contents
Letter from the Executive Director
3
Budget Summary
4
2014 Legislation
5
System Involvement
8
Session Feedback
13
Ongoing Legislative Reports
15
This report, which includes active links to legislation and other
information, is available electronically at the SBCTC Government
Relations web page: http://sbctc.edu/college/gv_index.aspx.
If you have questions regarding the content of this report, please
contact Alison Grazzini Smith, SBCTC Legislative Director, at 360704-4394 or agsmith@sbctc.edu.
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A Letter from the Executive Director
April 2014
This year’s legislative session adjourned on time,
March 13, with lawmakers passing a supplemental
operating budget and numerous policy bills. New
state laws make improvements to the K-12 system,
extend state financial aid eligibility to undocumented
students, and create a pathway to implement the
federal Affordable Care Act.
Although lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a
transportation plan and supplemental capital budget,
a number of higher education and workforce bills
were passed. From paraeducator development and in-state tuition for veterans, to
academic credit for prior learning and statewide educational attainment goals,
lawmakers continue to recognize the important role community and technical
colleges play in preparing students for a competitive global economy.
The continued success and strength of community and technical colleges is a
direct result of our system’s dedication and commitment to ensuring all students
are successful regardless of where they begin their higher education journeys.
Thank you for your passion and commitment to providing excellence to all
Washingtonians.
Sincerely,
Marty Brown
Executive Director
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Budget Summary
The final supplemental operating budget (ESSB 6002), represents a 1.8 percent decrease
in the CTC system biennial budget. The final FY 2015 appropriation of $623.4 million
represents a 2.2 percent decrease when compared to $637.5 million in the FY 2014
appropriation. These reductions are driven primarily by funding changes in pass-through
budget items (e.g. payments for state central services like the Attorney General). Below is
the overall impact on this year’s supplemental budget to the CTC system:
Enrollments
The legislative enrollment target was increased to a total of 139,927 FTEs. The increase
is equal to the 1,000 additional aerospace FTEs provided in November 2014, less the 310
FTEs impacted by the transfer of the University Center management role from Everett
Community College to Washington State University (WSU). The Legislature did not
transfer funding for the University Center. A fiscal arrangement is needed to provide
WSU access to funding associated with the center.
Tuition and Audit
Tuition levels were frozen at the current level for FY 2015. The State Auditor is required
to hire a third-party financial auditor to examine the local accounts colleges and
universities use to track and expend tuition and local fees. All four-year institutions of
higher education and two community and/or technical colleges (one with a baccalaureate
program and one without) are required to comply with this audit. Results are due to the
Legislature by January 2015.
Policy Items
• Year Up: $350,000 was appropriated for a pilot program with the CTC system to
increase skills and professional experience of underrepresented youth through an
employer-supported internship model.
• MESA: $410,000 was appropriated for the Mathematics, Engineering and Science
Achievement Program to extend the current pilot at six colleges where federal
funds are currently expiring: Columbia Basin, Edmonds, Highline, Olympic,
Seattle Central, and Yakima Valley.
• Paraeducator development (SSB 6129): $168,000 was appropriated to fund SSB
6129 to create articulated pathways for paraeducators (see 2014 Legislation).
Financial Aid
• College Bound Scholarship Program: $12.3 million
• Opportunity Scholarship Program: $25.5 million
• State Need Grant Funding: No change. Budget assumes the $5 million increase
contained in the Real Hope Act, SB 6523 (see also 2014 Legislation).
LEAN Reduction
A statewide reduction of $40 million impacts all state agencies. The CTC share is
estimated to be $3.1 million assuming the reduction is prorated by share of General Fund
state appropriations.
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2014 Legislation
SBCTC staff monitored approximately 300 pieces of legislation during the 2014 session.
This included analyzing proposed bills, providing testimony in legislative committees,
and collaborating with legislative staff on possible amendments to protect the CTC
system.
Table 1 below lists final bills passed that include new legislative requirements for the
CTC system. This information will also serve as a resource in tracking the internal bill
implementation process throughout the year.
Table 1: 2014 Bills for CTC Implementation
Bill
SHB 2105
(Hawkins)
Description
Requires state agencies to
make regular meeting agendas
available online no later than
24 hours in advance of the
published start time of the
meeting.
EHB 2108
Requires a review of alternate
(Ross)
pathways for hearing aid fitters
and dispensers. Also renames
hearing instrument fitters and
dispensers as hearing aid
specialists.
HB 2398
Allows community and
(Walkinshaw) technical colleges to offer
honorary bachelor of applied
science degrees.
2SHB 2457 Requires insurance coverage
(Hansen)
for vessels over 65 feet and
more than 40 years old.
Creates a variety of tax
exemptions and fees to
incentivize compliance and
cover the cost of disposal of
derelict commercial vessels.
ESHB 2626 Puts the WA Student
(Seaquist)
Achievement Council’s
(WSAC) Ten-Year Roadmap
goals in statute:
• By 2023, 100 percent of
adults will have a high
school degree; and
• By 2023, 70 percent of
adults will have a college
credential.
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Julie
Walter
Position
SBCTC Tasks
Neutral
Communicate new
requirements
system-wide.
Neutral
Collaborate with
Department of
Health and
colleges on
alternative
pathways.
Communicate
information
system-wide.
Jim Crabbe
December 1,
2014
(Legislature)
Edward
Esparza
N/A
Neutral
Communicate new
requirements to
BAC, BAR, and
PAC.
Joann
Wiszmann
N/A
Favor
Participate in
regular WSAC
workgroup
meetings and
make
recommendations
for strategies to
reach statewide
attainment goals.
Jan
Yoshiwara
N/A
Favor
Report Due
N/A
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Bill
Description
Position
SBCTC Tasks
SB 5318
(Bailey)
Expands the definition of
veteran residency to include
veterans who are not state
residents to participate fully in
the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Favor
ESB 5964
(Fain)
Requires all board members,
elected officials and public
records officers to be trained
on public meeting laws or
public records laws. The
Attorney General’s office may
design the training program.
Requires higher education
institutions to adopt a policy to
award academic credit for
military training courses or
programs before December 31,
2015.
Neutral
Improves educational
outcomes for homeless youth
by strengthening the ability of
school districts to identify
homeless students,
establishing data reporting
requirements, and distributing
best practices and information
regarding services and support
for homeless students.
Requires the Professional
Educator Standards Board
(PESB) to convene a
workgroup to design programspecific minimum employment
standards for paraeducators,
professional development and
education opportunities that
support the standards, a
paraeducator career ladder,
and an articulated pathway for
teacher preparation and
certification.
Neutral
Coordinate with
WSAC to issue
updated residency
definition to
registrars and
veteran offices
and centers.
Communicate
requirements to
colleges, State
Board members,
and staff; track
completion of
training.
Coordinate with
registrars
regarding the
veteran college
credit policies.
Coordinate with
registrars and
Instruction
Commission about
the list of possible
credit awards.
May require
coordination with
school districts in
identifying
homeless students
enrolled in CTC
alternative high
school programs.
SSB 5969
(O’Ban)
SSB 6074
(Frockt)
SSB 6129
(Hill)
Favor
Favor
Participate on the
workgroup and
convene college
representatives to:
• Revise
curriculum to
include new
employment
standards;
• Embed
cultural
competence
content; and
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Scott
Copeland
Report Due
N/A
John
Boesenberg
N/A
Scott
Copeland
N/A
Scott
Copeland
January 10,
2015, and every
odd-numbered
year
(Governor,
Legislature)
Kathy
Goebel
January 2015
and January
2016
(Legislature)
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Bill
Description
ESSB 6265
(Frockt)
SB 6358
(KohlWelles)
ESSB 6436
(Frockt)
ESSB 6517
(Roach)
SB 6523
(Bailey)
E2SSB 6552
(Rolfes)
Requires colleges that offer an
apprenticeship or certificate
program for paraeducators to
provide candidates the
opportunity to earn
transferrable course credits
within the program.
Requires state and local
agencies that are inadvertently
given patient medical
information to destroy or
return it to the entity that
provided it within five
business days.
Requires colleges to provide
financial aid application due
dates and information on
whether or not aid will be
awarded on a rolling basis to
admitted students at the time
of acceptance.
Creates a workgroup to make
recommendations to ensure the
College Bound Scholarship
program is viable, productive,
and effective.
Exempts state employee
driver’s license and I.D card
numbers from public
disclosure.
Allows undocumented
students to be eligible for state
financial aid, such as the State
Need Grant.
Requires the State Board of
Education to adopt rules
implementing 24 credits for
high school graduation for the
graduating class of 2019, per
the approved college and
career ready framework.
Position
SBCTC Tasks
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Report Due
•
Neutral
Provide
transfer credit
and align to
teacher
preparation
baccalaureate
programs.
Communicate
requirements to
colleges.
John
Boesenberg
N/A
N/A
Favor
Coordinate with
registrars to
include financial
aid awarding
policies in college
acceptance letters.
Scott
Copeland
Neutral
Requires one
SBCTC
representative
selected by the
State Board.
Communicate
requirements to
college employers.
Scott
Copeland
Neutral
Favor
Neutral
Coordinate with
WSAC and CTC
system student aid
directors and
registrars on
student aid
eligibility and
residency
determinations.
May be included
in OSPI-led task
force establishing
math/science
equivalencies for
high school career
and technical
education courses.
December 31,
2014
(Governor,
Legislature)
John
Boesenberg
N/A
Scott
Copeland
N/A
Bill Moore
N/A
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System Involvement
CTC system representatives are key to the success of the community and technical
college system during session.
Table 2 below details legislative testimony during the 2014 session. This information
serves as a foundation to advance CTC priorities in future sessions.
Table 2: 2014 CTC System Involvement
Date
Committee
January
13
House
Appropriations
January
14
House Higher
Education
January
15
Senate Ways &
Means
January
16
House Health
Care &
Wellness
Senate Higher
Education
January
17
House Higher
Education
January
20
Senate Early
Learning & K12 Education
House Capital
Budget
January
21
Topic
SBCTC staff
HB 2185 – making 2014
supplemental operating
appropriations.
Demographic changes in higher
education.
SB 6002 – making 2014
supplemental operating
appropriations.
HB 2108 – concerning hearing
instrument fitter/dispensers.
CTC system
representative
Nick Lutes, Operating
Budget Director
David Prince, Policy
Research Director
Jan Yoshiwara,
Education Services
Deputy Executive
Director
Nick Lutes, Operating
Budget Director
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
Veterans: transitions to the
workforce.
Marie Bruin, Workforce
Education Policy
Associate
SCR 8409 – approving the
WTECB’s high skills high wages
plan.
Alison Grazzini Smith,
Legislative Director
SB 5969 – awarding academic
credit for military training.
Plans for expansion to meet higher
education attainment goals.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
SB 6129 – concerning paraeducator
development.
Tina Bloomer, Policy
Research Associate
HB 2224 – concerning the 2013-15
supplemental capital budget.
Wayne Doty, Capital
Budget Director
Marty Cavalluzzi,
President, Pierce
Puyallup
Tim Stokes, President,
South Puget Sound
Chris Bailey, President,
Lower Columbia
David Mitchell,
President, Olympic
Jim Walton, President,
Centralia
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Date
Committee
January
21
House Higher
Education
January
22
House
Appropriations
Subcommittee
on Education
House Higher
Education
January
23
January
24
Senate Higher
Education
House Business
& Financial
Services
House Higher
Education
Topic
SBCTC staff
Higher education performance and
results: SBCTC Student
Achievement Initiative results and
incentive funding.
Spending update on additional
institutional funding as appropriated
in the 2013-15 operating budget.
David Prince, Policy
Research Director
HB 2285 – requiring a review of
institution of higher education
policies related to dual credit
coursework.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
HB 2396 – addressing barriers for
students to participate in the
Running Start program.
Overview of the SBCTC Student
Achievement Initiative.
HB 2512 – concerning cosmetology,
hair design, barbering, esthetics, and
manicuring.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
HB 2383 – integrating career and
college readiness standards into K12 and higher education policies and
practices.
Bill Moore, Core to
College Alignment
Director
HB 2398 – honorary applied
baccalaureate degrees.
Jan Yoshiwara,
Education Services
Deputy Executive
Director
Kathy Goebel, Economic
Development Policy
Associate
David Prince, Policy
Research Director
January
27
House
Education
HB 2365 – concerning paraeducator
development.
January
28
House Higher
Education
HB 2443 – requiring earnings and
employment data for completers of
higher education degrees,
apprenticeships, and certificates
awarded by institutions of higher
education.
HB 2486 – inmate postsecondary
education.
Nick Lutes, Operating
Budget Director
David Prince, Policy
Research Director
Alison Grazzini Smith,
Legislative Director
Tiffany Merkel,
Workforce Education
Program Administrator
Jacquie Armstrong,
Basic Skills Policy
Associate
CTC system
representative
Rich Cummins,
President, Columbia
Basin
David Mitchell,
President, Olympic
Tina Evans,
cosmetology instructor,
Everett
Sylvia Garcia,
cosmetology & esthetic
instructor, Spokane
Paul Bell, student,
Bellevue
Stu Halsan, Trustee,
Centralia
Jim Walton, President,
Centralia
Kevin Miller, former
inmate, Coyote Ridge
Corrections Center
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Date
Committee
January
28
Senate Higher
Education
Overview of precollege courses and
related initiatives.
January
29
January
30
House Higher
Education
Senate Higher
Education
HB 2546 – making modifications to
outdated higher education statutes.
Overview of cost of attendance and
financial aid options at a research
university, regional university,
community college, and private
university.
Alison Grazzini Smith,
Legislative Director
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
SB 6358 – requiring institutions of
higher education to provide certain
financial aid information to enrolled
and prospective students.
CTC construction costs and capital
projects.
SB 6344 – inmate postsecondary
education.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
SHB 2486 – inmate postsecondary
education.
Campus safety and security.
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
February
6
February
7
February
12
February
19
February
20
Senate Ways &
Means
Senate Human
Services &
Corrections
House
Appropriations
House Higher
Education
Topic
SBCTC staff
Wayne Doty, Capital
Budget Director
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
CTC system
representative
Michelle Andreas, Vice
President of Instruction,
South Puget Sound
Marisa Geier, Director
of Financial Aid, Lower
Columbia
Lisa Matye Edwards,
Vice President of Student
Success, Lower Columbia
Ed Brewster, President,
Grays Harbor
Bill Overby, Director of
Security Services, Skagit
Valley
Student debt: the CTC student
perspective.
Brian McQuay, student,
Pierce Puyallup
Mental health on campus.
Deb Casey, Vice
President of Student
Affairs & Human
Resources, Green River
Cyndi Rapier, Director
of Housing & Safety
Response, International
Programs, Green River
House
Education
SSB 6129 – concerning
paraeducator development.
Senate Early
Learning & K12 Education
House Labor &
Workforce
Development
SHB 2365 – concerning
paraeducator development.
Aerospace training student loan
program.
Kathy Goebel, Economic
Development Policy
Associate
Kathy Goebel, Economic
Development Policy
Associate
Larry Cluphf, Executive
Director, Washington
Aerospace Training &
Education Center
(WATR)
Jean Hernandez,
President, Edmonds
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Date
Committee
February
20
Senate Higher
Education
February
21
House Higher
Education
February
25
Topic
SBCTC staff
HB 2285 – requiring a review of
higher education policies related to
dual credit coursework.
SSB 5969 – awarding academic
credit for military training.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
Adult Basic Education State Plan.
Jon Kerr, Adult Basic
Education Director
House Higher
Education
Higher education transitions:
Mathematics Engineering Science
Achievement (MESA) Community
College Program (MCCP).
Senate Health
Care
Senate Higher
Education
EHB 2108 – concerning hearing
instrument fitter/dispensers.
HB 2398 – honorary applied
baccalaureate degrees.
Senate Human
Services &
Corrections
2SHB 2486 – inmate postsecondary
education.
CTC system
representative
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
Jan Yoshiwara,
Education Services
Deputy Executive
Director
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
Michelle Andreas, Vice
President of Instruction,
South Puget Sound
Randy Bailey, student,
Lower Columbia
Laura DiZazzo, Dean of
Basic & Transitional
Studies, Seattle Central
Taleah Mitchell, student,
Seattle Central
Mary Soltman, Dean of
Humanities &
Communication Division,
South Puget Sound
Michal Ann Watts,
Adult Education
instructor, Lower
Columbia
Chera Amlag, MESA
Director, Highline
Kalani Plunkett, MCCP
electrical engineering
student, Highline
Lydia Smith, MCCP
nursing student,
Highline
Jeff Wagnitz, Vice
President of Academic
Affairs, Highline
Ron Langrell, President,
Bates
Stephanie Delaney,
Dean of Extended
Learning, Seattle Central
Gina McConnell,
Former inmate student
Pamela Transue,
President, Tacoma
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Date
Committee
February
25
Senate Trade &
Economic
Development
Senate Ways &
Means
February
26
House
Appropriations
House Higher
Education
February
27
February
28
March 5
House
Appropriations
Subcommittee
on Education
House Capital
Budget
Senate
Commerce &
Labor
House Higher
Education
Topic
SBCTC staff
Pacific North West Economic
Region.
ESSB 6002 – making 2014
supplemental operating
appropriations.
HB 2185 – making 2014
supplemental operating
appropriations.
Innovation in pre-college education.
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
SSB 5969 – awarding academic
credit for military training.
Scott Copeland, Student
Services Policy Associate
SHB 2224 – concerning the 2013-15
supplemental capital budget.
HB 1348 – modifying collective
bargaining law related to providing
additional compensation for
academic employees at community
& technical colleges.
Interim planning.
Wayne Doty, Capital
Budget Director
CTC system
representative
Shana Peschek,
Construction Center of
Excellence Director
Marty Brown, Executive
Director
Jan Yoshiwara,
Education Services
Deputy Executive
Director
David Lippman, math
faculty member, Pierce
Bob Mohrbacher, Vice
President of Instruction &
Student Services, Big
Bend
Lawrence Morales, math
faculty member, Seattle
Central
Wendy Rockhill, Dean
for Science &
Mathematics, Seattle
Central
Chris Willett, math
faculty member, Pierce
Jim Walton, President,
Centralia
Dan Altmayer, TACTC
President & Trustee,
Highline
Alison Grazzini Smith,
Legislative Director
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Session Feedback
The SBCTC Government Relations office is committed to improving the internal
legislative process to ensure long-term success. Session feedback was gathered through
an anonymous system-wide survey.
Table 3 below contains the results from the 46 individuals who participated in the survey,
open from April 1 to April 19, 2014.
Table 3: 2014 Session Feedback Survey Results
Q. 1 How well did the overall system legislative process work this session?
Q. 2. Were the weekly internal system meetings helpful (e.g. Legislative Strategy, Joint
Legislative call, WACTC conference call, etc.)?
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Q. 3. Did you feel informed of legislative activity (e.g. via Legislative News, SBCTC
email updates, etc.)?
Q. 4. Did you have the necessary resources for session (e.g. Bill Watch List, Hearing
Schedule, testimony preparation, legislative contact information, etc.)?
Q. 5. Please share additional ideas about how the internal system's legislative process
can be improved.
Responses have been summarized and organized by theme:
• Communication: ensure internal system is informed of changing legislative
process throughout session.
• Strategy: increase internal system strategy for legislative efforts (e.g. testimony,
bill positions, etc.)
• Advocacy: spend interim building legislative support prior to the 2015 session.
Source: Survey Monkey, 2014
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Ongoing Legislative Reports
Under statutory requirement, the community and technical college system is required to
report information to the Legislature and/or Governor in various ways throughout the
year. These reports may require effort by SBCTC, colleges, or other CTC system
stakeholders.
Table 4 below provides a list of CTC-required legislative reports from bills passed during
prior legislative sessions.
Table 4: Ongoing CTC Legislative Reports
Bill
2ESHB
1087
(2011)
2SHB
1163
(2011)
ESHB
1247
(2013)
2SHB
1566
(2013)
2SHB
1642
(2013)
HB 1736
(2013)
Description
SBCTC must report
personnel data.
SBCTC must report to
the governor as well as
fiscal and appropriate
legislative committees
on the Job Skills
program.
OSPI and the OEO
must report about the
progress of a school
bullying and harassment
prevention workgroup.
Modifies the Job Skills
Program by exempting
small businesses from
providing a dollar-fordollar training match.
Educational outcomes
of youth in out-of home
care.
Academic acceleration
for high school
students. SBCTC is
required to report
student data to ERDC.
Higher education
operating efficiencies.
SBCTC will be part of
an OFM-led committee
to review reporting
requirements to enhance
efficiency and
effectiveness.
Lead Agency,
Participants
SBCTC
SBCTC
Staff Lead
John
Boesenberg
Report Due
June 30, 2013 and
annually
(Legislature)
Anna
Nikolaeva
January 1 and
annually
(Legislature)
Edward
Esparza
December 1,
2013 and 2015
(Legislature)
SBCTC and DOR
Anna
Nikolaeva
SBCTC, WSAC,
OSPI, and DSHS
Scott
Copeland
January 1,
2014 and
annually
(Legislature,
Governor)
January 2015
(Legislature)
SBCTC, OSPI, and
ERDC
Scott
Copeland
OSPI and OEO with
SBCTC and colleges
OFM, SBCTC, DES,
Commerce, DOT,
and other higher
education institutions
Wayne Doty
January 1, 2014
and annually
(Legislature)
December 1,
2014
(Legislature)
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Bill
Description
E2SHB
1795
(2011)
WSAC must convene
an ongoing prior
learning workgroup to
help increase awards of
credit for prior learning
and to improve the
process.
E2SHB
1808
(2011)
ESSHB
1872
(2013)
2SHB
2119
(2009)
WSAC must report
progress to increase
awards of academic
credit for prior learning.
Colleges must
recognize at least one
year of credit that may
be earned through
qualifying scores on
proficiency exams or
demonstrated
competencies.
Colleges must provide a
list of qualifying
courses to WSAC and
SBCTC in a form that
OSPI is able to
distribute to school
districts.
Establishes a
comprehensive
initiative to increase
learning opportunities
and improve STEMrelated educational
outcomes.
SBCTC is responsible
for providing data to
ERDC regarding STEM
enrollments, based on
definitions developed
by the group.
OSPI must report about
participation in dual
credit programs.
Lead Agency,
Participants
WSAC, COP,
SBCTC, faculty,
career schools,
business and labor
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Bill Moore
Colleges, SBCTC,
WSAC, and OSPI
Scott
Copeland
June 1, 2013 and
each oddnumbered year
(Legislature)
OFM, SBCTC, and
WSAC
Jan
Yoshiwara
January 10, 2014
and annually
(Legislature)
OSPI, COP, SBCTC,
WTECB, and WSAC
Scott
Copeland
September 1,
2013 and
annually
(Legislature)
Report Due
December 31,
2013 and
annually
(Legislature)
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Bill
Description
3ESHB
2127
(2012)
OSPI must report about
Running Start course
loads.
2SHB
2156
(2012)
3SHB
2585
(2012)
SHB
2684
(2010)
SHB
3103
(2004)
3ESSB
5034
(2013)
SBCTC must report
about expanding STEM
enrollments.
SBCTC to facilitate
coordination of
aerospace training
programs including
annual program
evaluations, goals for
completion, job
placement results, and
recommendations
related to
manufacturing and
training.
Lead Agency,
Participants
OSPI, ERDC,
SBCTC, and WSAC
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Scott
Copeland,
Nick Lutes
Nick Lutes
SBCTC
Kendra
Hodgson
Report Due
January 2012 and
annually
(Legislature)
June 30, 2012 and
annually
(Legislature)
Ongoing
The Workforce
Training and Education
Coordinating Board
(WTECB) must report
on programs identified
for review by the
committee.
WTECB, ERDC, and
SBCTC
September 1,
2013 and
annually
(Legislature)
WTECB is required to
analyze results of the
training programs.
WTECB
Colleges must report
about savings due to
efficiency permitted in
this bill.
SBCTC must report
about Opportunity
Centers.
State colleges and
universities
September 1,
2016 and every
four years.
(Legislature)
January 1, 2017
(Legislature)
SBCTC and
Opportunity Centers
Kelli
Johnston
WSAC, WTECB and
SBCTC must assess
workforce training and
job openings statewide.
Provide a status report
on the Job Skills
Program.
WSAC, WTECB and
SBCTC
Tina
Bloomer
SBCTC
Joann
Wiszmann
Anna
Nikolaeva
December 1,
2013 and
annually
(Legislature)
December 1,
2013 and every
two years
(Legislature)
January 1, 2014,
and 2015
(Governor,
Legislature)
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Bill
Description
SB 5180
(2013)
Establishes a task force
to improve higher
education access for
students with
disabilities.
Establishes statewide
indicators of
educational health that
include baseline values
and initial goals.
SB 5491
(2013)
SB 5751
(2013)
Requires a fee
inventory that includes
the fee purpose, current
and previous amount
over the past five years,
and statutory authority
to OFM.
Lead Agency,
Participants
SBCTC and three
college
representatives
SBCTC
Staff Lead
Scott
Copeland
SBE, OSPI, WTECB,
and WSAC
Jan
Yoshiwara
SBCTC, colleges,
and state agencies
Nick Lutes
Report Due
December 1,
2013 and
annually until
January 1, 2016
(Legislature)
December 31,
2013 and
December 1 each
even-numbered
year
(Legislature)
January 1, 2014
and every two
years
(Legislature)
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