<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2023/2023-02-24.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/24/2023 03:12:10 PM</pubDate><title>Dual credit, basic needs bills on the docket ahead of today's fiscal committee cutoff</title><description>House and Senate fiscal committee hearings were long this week but testimony was short as committee members worked to hear and vote on bills ahead of today's fiscal committee cutoff deadline. Following the Feb. 17 policy committee cutoff, the budget-related committees had just this week to complete their work. That meant marathon meetings with time-limited public testimony for committees to work their way through dozens of bills.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>dual credit, data sharing, nursing, corrections, workforce, Washington College Grant, cutoff, college in the high school, Running Start, basic needs, homelessness, mental health</category><image/><image-caption/></item>