[DEOC] Fwd: Senate and House Operating Budget Proposals

[Sophia Agtarap]

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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges


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Subject: Senate and House Operating Budget Proposals


Greetings!

The Senate and House have both released their proposals for the 2024 supplemental operating budget.  The attached side-by-side summary compares our request against the three different proposals currently released.

Policy Investment Highlights


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Both the Senate and the House provided funding support for the continuation of curriculum development in Integrated Climate Solutions ($475K FY25) and expansion of existing programming for Refugee Education ($1M FY25).

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The Senate proposed an increase for Career Launch Enrollments ($1M FY25) and funding to expand the financial aid outreach and completion initiative pilot program ($850K FY25) established in 2SHB 1835.

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The House proposal included a modest investment supporting the SBCTC request to increase Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree programs ($1.14M FY25), navigators to support students in Early Achievers Grant ($801K FY25), funding to support implementation of Opioid Prevention ($412K FY25) training at our colleges, and funding to support the full 1.0 FTE of Student Basic Needs Benefits Navigators ($553K).


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Both proposals included generous policy investments that support their priorities for the CTC system.  Please see the attached for details.

Links for the Senate and House proposals:
Senate Proposed 2024 Supplemental Operating Budget<https://fiscal.wa.gov/statebudgets/2024proposals/Documents/so/soPSSB5950RobinsonS-5123.2.pdf>
House Proposed 2024 Supplemental Operating Budget


[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Stephanie Winner

Operating Budget Director

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

swinner at sbctc.edu<mailto:swinner at sbctc.edu> • o: 360-704-1023


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