Capital Budget Request

2024 Supplemental Capital Budget Request

Capital Investments Serve Students and Communities

Our community and technical college system’s $122 million supplemental request targets emergency repairs at Bellingham Technical College, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and funding two priority capital projects.

Investing in building energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way to significantly
reduce building sector emissions. Our requested investments would equip colleges to meet state energy performance standards for buildings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve operational efficiencies, and avoid significant penalties, thereby preserving funding for instruction and student services.

In addition to a request for emergency repairs at Bellingham Technical College's Campus Center Building, our system’s 2024 budget request seeks funding for two major capital projects not funded in the biennial budget: the Center for Vocational and Transitional Studies at Lower Columbia College in Longview, and the Performing Arts Building replacement at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. Funding these requests would serve students while reducing a backlog of capital projects needed across Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges.

Priority	College	Funding Phase	Project	2024 request	Cumulative total
1	Bellingham	Design & Construct	Campus Center Building Emergency Repairs	$19,384,000	$19,384,000
2	Statewide	Design & Construct	CBPS SBCTC Statewide Utility Submeters for Clean Buildings Act	$8,540,000	$27,924,000
3	Statewide	Planning	HB 1390 - Decarbonization Planning	$724,000	$28,648,000
4	Statewide	Grant program	CTC Energy Efficiency Program	$2,000,000	$30,648,000
5	Lower Columbia	Construction	Center for Vocational and Transitional Studies	$43,704,000	$74,352,000
6	Columbia Basin	Design & Construct	Performing Arts Building Replacement	$47,876,000	$122,228,000

Alternative Financing Request

College	Project	2024 request
Renton	Building J Renovation	$2,000,000

revised 9/8/2023