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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Dear FACTC Friends:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Arlen Harris, our director of legislative strategy here at SBCTC, has agreed to have ½ hour updates with FACTC members each Friday from 3:45 to 4:15. Last week, Terry
Taylor and Jim Howe joined Arlen and I for an update on what happened during the first week of the legislative session and to prep us on this week’s expected happenings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I did my best
<span style="color:#7030A0"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mUQPmVBwX6tPG02ztBswmTqRBbnxA2PpZ5DcE176kYI/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#7030A0">to take good notes</span></a></span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Attached is a one pager on the SBCTC legislative agenda, a college specific budget fact sheet, and the hearing schedule for this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Please let me know if other FACTC members would like to join this Friday’s call so I can ensure we have enough ports on the conference call line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jennifer Locke Whetham</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Program Administrator, Faculty Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">p: (360) 704-4354| f: (360) 704-4419 |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu">mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu</a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">|</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">@jwhethamsbctc
<b><span style="color:#404040">|<a href="http://www.assessmentlearningteaching.wordpress.com/"> assessmentlearningteaching.wordpress.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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