Legislative Outreach
The Government Relations unit manages state and federal government relations for the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges as part of the executive director's team.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Interacts with legislators, legislative and governor’s staff, agencies and organizations on behalf of the system and individual colleges as appropriate.
- Prepares a single comprehensive legislative agenda for the community and technical college system.
- Coordinates legislative interaction of State Board staff and college representatives.
- In collaboration with communications staff, coordinates system-wide messaging.
Contact
Arlen Harris
Legislative Director
aharris@sbctc.edu
360-704-4394
Sam Herriot
Government Relations Liaison
sherriot@sbctc.edu
360-704-1019
Legislative Session
2024 Community and Technical College System Legislative Priorities
- 2024 supplemental operating budget request
- 2024 supplemental capital budget request
- 2024 legislative session report
Legislative Resources
- Washington state legislative resources — college district legislators, committee information, legislative staff rosters and more.
- Legislative districts by community and technical colleges— find out which legislative districts are in each college district.
- Federal legislative rosters and resources
Legislative Session Archives
Find information from past Washington state legislative sessions, including:
- Community and technical college system legislative priorities
- Operating and capital budget requests
- End of session legislative reports
Legislative News Blog
Read SBCTC Legislative News to find out the latest news from Olympia impacting community and technical colleges.
System One-Pagers
One-page fact sheets describe how Washington state's community and technical colleges transform lives and the economy.
Resource Links
- SBCTC Government Relations office
- Washington State Legislature
- Capitol Campus interactive map
- Session cutoff calendar
- Bill information
- Find your legislator
- TVW
- 2024 Field Guide of Washington state's community and technical colleges
- College and legislative districts map
- College and congressional districts map
Invest in Adult Education
More than 55,00 adult education leaders have united in a national campaign — Educate & Elevate — to educate America about how adult education helps millions of people advance in careers and college readiness.
Find resources in the Campaign toolkit to help inform policymakers and encourage investment in adult education as called for in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act enacted in 2014.
Questions? Email William Durden, SBCTC Basic Education for Adults director, or call 360-704-4326.
Page Manager:
sherriot@sbctc.edu
Last Modified: 7/31/24, 3:41 PM
