<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2023/2023-02-10.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/10/2023 02:07:41 PM</pubDate><title>Week before cutoff, committees hear bills on data sharing, student support</title><description>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 the College Bound Scholarship, creating a capital budget matching grant program for the state's independent colleges and universities, and making permanent the Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness program.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>capital budget, homelessness, K-12, enrollment, Washington College Grant</category><image/><image-caption/></item>