Key Initiatives and Projects
- Learn about our nine governor-appointed State Board members.
- Find SBCTC programs and services, departments and resources.
- Agency organizational charts and general structure and roles of SBCTC's four divisions.
- Get policies and rules, including the policy manual, WAC rules process, public records requests.
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and 34 community and technical colleges work together on new and innovative initiatives and projects. Many of these set examples for higher education around the state and the country.
As part of the 2026 supplemental operating budget, the Legislature directed SBCTC to submit a report that looks at ways to improve efficiency while maintaining student access and success.
Washington's community and technical colleges were designed around a remarkable idea: that education past high school should be available to everyone, regardless of their economic or academic backgrounds. Our strategic plan establishes aspirational goals, metrics and targets through the year 2030.
The SBCTC AI Resource Center serves as a central hub for artificial intelligence projects and initiatives led or supported by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
Strategic Enrollment Management Task Force was formed to examine ways to increase enrollment at Washington state's 34 community and technical colleges.
A partnership between the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, Bridge to College courses help high school seniors graduate ready for college-level work.
Washington's Student Success Center assists community colleges, faculty, administrators and staff as they work together developing a culture of academic and personal success for all community college students across Washington state.
Part of the Career Connect Washington initiative, Career Launch programs provide students with real-life work experience related to their classroom studies. Students graduate with skills to be competitive in the job market and with a valuable credential beyond a high school diploma.
Washington's Common Course Numbering system standardizes community and technical college course names so students can easily transfer credits earned at one college to another.
I-BEST classes use a team-teaching approach, with both instructors in the same class. One instructor teaches basic skills and the other teaches either a professional-technical skill – like medical assisting – or a college academic subject. These programs defy the traditional notion that students must take all their adult basic education classes before they even start on a professional-technical program or a transfer degree. Basic skills students are automatically embedded in a career or academic program as part of their basic skills training.
The Washington MESA Transfer Prep Program provides academic preparation for community college students who are interested in transferring to four-year institutions to attain baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields.
The SBCTC Strategic Technology Plan is a vision of how we can use the latest information technology to support student learning and their success.
The Student Achievement Initiative is the performance funding system for the state's community and technical college system. It improves their accountability to the public and provides financial incentives to the colleges for student success.
