<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2023/2022-01-27.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>01/27/2023 01:04:50 PM</pubDate><title>Dual credit, financial support, Career Connect bills heard as session ends third week</title><description>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 Committee held a work session Wednesday taking a deeper dive into students' basic needs.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>Career Connect, capital, dual credit, mental health, basic needs, financial aid, college bound, Native American, corrections</category><image/><image-caption/></item>