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<p class="MsoNormal">A new edition of Legislative News for the 2017 session has been posted…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background:white">With one week until the first cutoff date of the 2017 session, policy committees were hard at work hearing and voting on bills to continue them on in the legislative process. The Washington Promise Program,
which would provide free community and technical college tuition to eligible students, highlighted Wednesday’s House Higher Education Committee hearing…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/legislative-news/2017/february/2017-02-10.aspx">Read the full blog post</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">State Board legislative intern Brenda Portaro has this week’s interns update:<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/legislative-news/2017/february/state-need-grant-highlight-of-the-week-as-students-join-to-testify.aspx">
State Need Grant highlight of the week as students join to testify</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background:white">If I had to summarize this week in two words, it would be “financial aid.” Kate Hummel and I were involved in many events this week that is hoping our legislators will listen, and that is: we need financial
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