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<p>Here are my notes of our weekly conference, any and all errors are mine. I've included links to the bills. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Notes:</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FACTC Legislative Committee conference with Arlen Harris.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bills that we have been tracking:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1139 Customized Training program has passed the House and Senate
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http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1130&Year=2017</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1375 providing students with cost information for required materials passed both houses
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Providing students at community and technical colleges with the costs of required course materials.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1129/SB5069 Corrections education has passed the House and will be taken up in Senate this week
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http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1129&Year=2017</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Providing associate degree education to enhance education opportunities and public safety.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SB 5640 Technical College HS diplomas has passed both houses
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Budget:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The House Operating Budget has about $3billion in new spending creating a new capital gains tax with changes in the B&O taxes with relief for small business and increases for large businesses and also some reorganization for property taxes.
This is still waiting to be passed in the House. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The House Capital Budget funds a larger number of projects than the Governors proposal.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Most of the committees are done the last day will be April 23.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Senate budget is attempting to meet McCleary and other requirements within existing revenues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The House budget continues the tuition freeze with backfill, COLAS, I-Best fundint, MESA, and Guided Pathways. The Senate budget does none of those things and also cuts Work First.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the budgets are so far apart a Special Session (or Sessions) are very likely in May and June.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The House would like to have an agreement on spending first then pass revenue bills that are necessary to implement. The Senate would like to do the opposite.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other items:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HB1237 Bargaining for Local Funds <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1237&Year=2017" id="LPlnk243579" previewremoved="true">
http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1237&Year=2017</a> passed the House but died in committee in the Senate. It has been re-inserted in the House Operating Budget so it still lives for now. The presidents continue to have concerns on the disparate
impact this would have on the colleges. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1913 Leasehold tax exemption for college bookstores still lives in the Senate budget as “necessary to implement”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SBCTC will be drafting a letter this week to the legislative leadership identifying what they like in each version of the budget.<o:p></o:p></p>
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