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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#44546A;background:white">“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#44546A"><br>
<span style="background:white">― <b>Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Kristi Wellington-Baker</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">| Student Success Center Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Olympia, WA 98504-2495</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">p: 360.704.1022 | c: 509.301.8466 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4A442A"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#174E86">Link to: <a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/student-success-center/remote-learning-resources.aspx"><span style="color:#174E86">COVID-19
REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCES</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 7:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ana Ybarra <aybarra@sbctc.edu>; Bill Moore <bmoore@sbctc.edu>; Darby Kaikkonen <dkaikkonen@sbctc.edu>; Jamilyn Penn <jpenn@sbctc.edu>; Joe Holliday <jholliday@sbctc.edu>; Jon Kerr <jkerr@sbctc.edu>; Karl Ludeman <kludeman@sbctc.edu>; Kristi Wellington
Baker <kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu>; Mark Jenkins <mjenkins@sbctc.edu>; Nate Humphrey <nhumphrey@sbctc.edu>; Scott Copeland <scopeland@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Taxability of CARES Act aid to students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 10, 2020 9:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Cherie Berthon <<a href="mailto:cberthon@sbctc.edu">cberthon@sbctc.edu</a>>; Carli Schiffner <<a href="mailto:cschiffner@sbctc.edu">cschiffner@sbctc.edu</a>>; Ha Nguyen <<a href="mailto:hnguyen@sbctc.edu">hnguyen@sbctc.edu</a>>; Joe Holliday <<a href="mailto:jholliday@sbctc.edu">jholliday@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Taxability of CARES Act aid to students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Jan Yoshiwara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Sonny Ramaswamy <<a href="mailto:sonny@nwccu.org">sonny@nwccu.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 8, 2020 8:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sonny Ramaswamy <<a href="mailto:sonny@nwccu.org">sonny@nwccu.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Taxability of CARES Act aid to students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Colleagues, recall a few weeks ago I sent you information on the question of taxability of the CARES Act aid to students, which came up even yesterday at the Virtual Town Hall conversations I have been holding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Great news. The IRS has now stated that such aid to students is not taxable. Yay!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-higher-education-emergency-relief-fund-and-emergency-financial-aid-grants-under-the-cares-act?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1202191&cid=db&source=ams&sourceId=37599" title="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-higher-education-emergency-relief-fund-and-emergency-financial-aid-grants-under-the-cares-act?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1202191&cid=db&source=ams&sourceId=37599">https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-higher-education-emergency-relief-fund-and-emergency-financial-aid-grants-under-the-cares-act?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1202191&cid=db&source=ams&sourceId=37599</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2F5597">#CloseEquityGaps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sonny Ramaswamy, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">8060 165th Avenue NE | Redmond, WA 98052<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:sonny@nwccu.org">
sonny@nwccu.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tel: 425-558-4224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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