College system-supported bills moving as session passes halfway mark

March 3, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

Thursday marked session's halfway point, and representatives and senators spent the week on the floor debating and voting on bills ahead of Wednesday's floor cutoff deadline. On the docket this week were bills expanding the Washington College Grant and the College Bound Scholarship, as well as ma...

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

February 10, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

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

Dual credit, financial support, Career Connect bills heard as session ends third week

January 27, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

Legislators this week continued committee hearings, taking up bills on Career Connect Washington, dual credit, the College Bound Scholarship, campus decarbonization plans, corrections education and creating a Native American scholarship program. The House Postsecondary Education and Workforce Com...

Session convenes for first time in person since 2020

January 13, 2023 | By SBCTC Communications

Legislators gathered in Olympia Monday for the first time in two years to kick off the 2023 legislative session. It was nearly pre-COVID business as usual, but some pandemic-related changes — like allowing members to vote remotely and remote testimony during committee hearings — will remain in pl...