<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2023/2023-03-03.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>03/03/2023 03:13:29 PM</pubDate><title>College system-supported bills moving as session passes halfway mark</title><description>Thursday marked session's halfway point, and representatives and senators spent the week on the floor debating and voting on bills ahead of Wednesday's floor cutoff deadline. On the docket this week were bills expanding the Washington College Grant and the College Bound Scholarship, as well as making permanent the Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness program.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>Washington College Grant, college bound, homelessness, capital</category><image/><image-caption/></item>