State Board-requested bills on College Bound Scholarship, high school completion tuition waivers heard in committee

February 7, 2025 | By SBCTC Communications

Hearings continued into their fourth week, with House and Senate higher education committees hearing State Board-requested bills on expanding eligibility for the College Bound Scholarship and waiving tuition for students in high school completion courses. In the Senate, members of the Senate High...

Committees hear tuition-free college, financial aid support bills

January 26, 2024 | By SBCTC Communications

House and Senate policy committees continued their work this week hearing bills with potentially big impacts on colleges and college-going students in Washington state. On dockets were bills that would make college tuition free for graduates of the state's public high schools and expanding a fina...

Legislature kicks off 2024 session with budgets, corrections education, K-12 student support bills

January 12, 2024 | By SBCTC Communications

The Legislature on Monday kicked off its 2024 session Monday, picking up where it left off at the end of its 2023 session in April. The short 60-day convening means fast-paced work to pass supplemental operating and capital budgets and any policy bills.