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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello FACTC,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please send a request to your faculty to write to their legislators:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Faculty Association for Community and Technical hosted a legislative reception in Olympia on Feb. 7<sup>th</sup> to urge them to fully fund the SBCTC budget request.
The legislators very much appreciated hearing faculty concerns, and hearing our stories of student success. Thanks to all of you who provided stories about our students’ achievements. I would very much appreciate if each of you would join in that advocacy
effort. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please write your local representatives to urge them to fully fund the SBCTC budget request:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">$68 million for faculty compensation: a 3% increase per year for the next four years;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">$86 million for increased student support, to fund faculty time for curricular redesign and engage in development of career
paths and program maps, and to fund the development of tools to evaluate these reforms;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">$35 Million to increase the number of students in high demand fields including nursing, allied health, information technology,
computer science and advance<span style="color:#1F497D">d</span> manufacturing. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The SBCTC Long-Term Advocacy Task Force has determined that these four messaging points will be the most effective when writing to your legislators.
Pick one of these “talking points” to draft your message. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Students of all ages, races and backgrounds can find career pathways at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">our local Community & Technical Colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Community & Technical Colleges are affordable and accessible for students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and families in our community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Community & Technical Colleges already help meet our state and local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">workforce needs, and are well-positioned for growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State investments in Community & Technical Colleges pay off in big ways<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for local residents, businesses/employers and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How to find your legislators for District 49, 17 and 18:
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/">https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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