Wow, I am amazed at this internship. It has opened my eyes to many remarkable aspects of the Washington state Legislature. Who would have thought back in November that I would be here trying to create change? >>
The 2022 legislative session on Tuesday reached its halfway and the fiscal committee cutoff the day before. Since Monday's cutoff deadline, members of the House and Senate are working to debate and vote bills out of their originating chambers before the Feb. 15 House of Origin cutoff date. >>
As I fly home from representing our 278,000 community and technical college students at the National Legislative Conference in Washington DC, I’m overcome with joy as I process my time there. >>
The 2022 session reached its first cutoff deadline Thursday when bills needed to be voted out of their policy committees to continue in the legislative process. House and Senate fiscal committees now take up the task of hearing bills' fiscal impacts ahead of Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline. >>
This week, I had the honor and privilege of meeting Governor Jay Inslee. I attended the State Board meeting where the governor was a guest. I was happy just being in that space, but he wanted to talk to us: the legislative interns! >>
Retail careers and dual credit bills were topics of hearings while committees also spent time discussing amendments and voting on bills. The community and technical college system's-requested bill to add projected Basic Education for Adults enrollments to the state's Caseload Forecast Council passed out of the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee Tuesday. >>
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Legislative News is published weekly during the legislative session by the staff of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to highlight issues impacting the two-year college system.
SBCTC is led by a Governor-appointed board and provides leadership, advocacy, and coordination for Washington’s system of 34 public community and technical colleges. Each year, about 337,000 students train for the workforce, prepare to transfer to a university, gain basic math and English skills, or pursue continuing education. Visit our website at SBCTC.edu or email us a SBCTCCommunications@sbctc.edu
