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Community & Technical Colleges Supplemental Capital Projects Funded by 2004 Legislature

College	Allocation	Project
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham	$14,357,000	construction of welding and auto collision building
Cascadia Community College Bothell	$1,750,000	design of SR 522 freeway interchange to improve access to Cascadia and University of Washington Bothell (UWB is receiving an equal appropriation)
Columbia Basin College Pasco	$2,000,000	state funds to be matched with $2 million in private funds for a nursing/allied health center on the Richland campus
Grays Harbor College Aberdeen	$19,471,749	construction of instructional building
Highline Community College Des Moines	$550,000	emergency project to expand Higher Education Center parking lot
Lower Columbia College Longview	$2,500,000	land acquisition for instructional/fine arts building
Peninsula College Port Angeles	$1,134,000	design of science and technology building
South Seattle Community College Seattle	$722,000	design of training facility at Duwamish campus
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane	$1,800,000	design of business and social science building
Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee	$1,618,000	design of a new nursing/allied health facility, replacing Anderson Hall and two portable structures
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges	$50,000	to study the feasibility of co-locating services of the Dept. of Social and Health Services and Dept. of Employment Security at North Seattle Community College, to integrate DSHS and ES services with college programs to improve skills and employability of clients
Total	$45,952,749

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Community and Technical Colleges Distribution of New Enrollments Funded by 2004 Legislature

College	General	High-demand	High-demand enrollment slots are for these programs
Bates Technical College Tacoma	17	14	expand practical nursing program (provides enrollment slots for a program that received start-up funding last year)
Bellevue Community College Bellevue	81	14	expand medical informatics program (permanent funding for a program that received start-up funding last year)
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham	15	2	2 full-time slots per college added to regional nursing program expansion, which received permanent funding for a total of 30 slots, 10 per college, last year; Bellingham, Skagit and Whatcom joint project — each college receives 2 additional full-time slots this year for a total of 36
Big Bend Community College Moses Lake	22	8	full-time slots for new registered nursing program that received start-up funding last year
Cascadia Community College Bothell	71	-
Centralia College Centralia	22	16	full-time slots for a combination project that received temporary funding last year — starting a registered nursing program and expanding practical nursing
Clark College Vancouver	94	25	full-time slots to expand registered nursing program; program received temporary funding last year
Clover Park Technical College Lakewood	20	*	(participating in collaborative project with Pierce College Puyallup — three full-time slots added to Pierce District)
Columbia Basin College Pasco	44	14	full-time slots to increase nursing program; program received temporary funding last year
Edmonds Community College Lynnwood	71	14	full-time slots for materials science technology program that received temporary funding last year
Everett Community College Everett	71	3	3 full-time slots added to registered nursing program expansion that received permanent funding for 15 slots last year
Grays Harbor College Aberdeen	10	14	full-time slots to maintain an expanded nursing program that received temporary funding last year
Green River Community College Auburn	39	*
Highline Community College Des Moines	39	-
Lake Washington Technical College Kirkland	34	-
Lower Columbia College Longview	22	15	full-time slots for a distance-education (online) program that enables licensed practical nurses to earn registered nursing degrees; program received start-up funding last year
Olympic College Bremerton	25	18	full-time slots for a program that expands the associate degree nursing program by giving licensed practical nurses a fast-track option for career advancement; program received start-up funding last year
Peninsula College Port Angeles	15	10	full-time slots to expand registered nursing program; program received temporary funding last year
Pierce College District Pierce College Fort Steilacoom Lakewood Pierce College Puyallup Puyallup	46	3	3 full-time slots added to collaborative nursing training program offered by Pierce College Puyallup and Clover Park Technical College; program received permanent funding for 20 slots last year
Renton Technical College Renton	29	23	full-time slots for program that begins with nursing assistant training and builds to practical nursing and associate degree in registered nursing; program received temporary funding last year
Seattle Community College District North Seattle Community College Seattle Central Community College South Seattle Community College	59	32	full-time slots for a comprehensive health care training system in the Seattle District; program received start-up funding last year
Shoreline Community College Shoreline	25	-
Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon	34	2	2 full-time slots per college added to regional nursing program expansion, which received permanent funding for a total of 30 slots, 10 per college, last year; Bellingham, Skagit and Whatcom joint project — each college receives 2 additional full-time slots this year for a total of 36
South Puget Sound Community College Olympia	46	-
Spokane Community College District Spokane Community College Spokane Falls Community College	73	14	full-time slots for allied health programs at Spokane Community College; temporary funding provided last year
Tacoma Community College Tacoma	27	-
Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla	25	3	3 full-time slots added to enology and viticulture high-demand project that received permanent funding for 15 full-time slots last year
Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee	25	-
Whatcom Community College Bellingham	44	2	2 full-time slots per college added to regional nursing program expansion, which received permanent funding for a total of 30 slots, 10 per college, last year; Bellingham, Skagit and Whatcom joint project — each college receives 2 additional full-time slots this year for a total of 36
Yakima Valley Community College Yakima	29	10	full-time slots for a new enology and viticulture program that received start-up funds last year
TOTAL NEW ENROLLMENTS	1,1741	2562

¹ 49 additional full-time slots (4 percent of new enrollments) will be awarded for apprenticeship programs through an application process.

² 217 new worker retraining enrollment slots will be distributed at the June 2004 State Board meeting.

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