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<div>Colleagues: see below for Jan's update on the Legislature and contingency planning. </div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> June 27, 2017 at 10:01:42 AM PDT<br>
<b>To:</b> "Instruction Commission (<a href="mailto:deaninstr@lists.ctc.edu">deaninstr@lists.ctc.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:deaninstr@lists.ctc.edu">deaninstr@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> John Boesenberg <<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a>>, Jon Kerr <<a href="mailto:jkerr@sbctc.edu">jkerr@sbctc.edu</a>>, Joe Holliday <<a href="mailto:jholliday@sbctc.edu">jholliday@sbctc.edu</a>>, Joyce Hammer <<a href="mailto:jhammer@sbctc.edu">jhammer@sbctc.edu</a>>,
Susan Wanager <<a href="mailto:swanager@sbctc.edu">swanager@sbctc.edu</a>>, Nancy Dick <<a href="mailto:ndick@sbctc.edu">ndick@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Contingency planning</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN">As most of you are probably aware, the Legislature has yet to reach agreement on a new two-year budget to take effect July 1. We remain optimistic that the Legislature will
reach a budget agreement by June 30. Both the House and Senate recognize the importance of higher education to students’ lives and to our quality of life here in Washington.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN">That said, it’s our responsibility to<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>notify you about the impact on federal and state funded grants, contracts, and financial aid in the event that SBCTC does not have an appropriation by July 1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN">Contingency Plans: Your college and SBCTC have contingency plans in place. Through the use of non-appropriated funds, the colleges and State Board will continue operations
and serving students. Your budget office can provide more specific information, including whether or not program-supported tuition payments can be put on hold until the budget is approved.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN">Federal Funds:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN">Perkins – WTECB will honor all allowable expenditures as of July 1 as soon as the state has a budget.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN">BFET<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>and RISE – DSHS will reimburse expenditures after the Legislature enacts a budget. However, colleges will not be reimbursed for any expenditures during the period of no state budget unless the
legislative budget is retroactive to July 1. EJAS will not be available to check on eligibility of students as of July 1 – so colleges cannot be reimbursed for support services nor participant reimbursement costs.
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</span><span lang="EN">WorkFirst – DSHS will reimburse expenditures after the Legislature enacts a budget. However, colleges will not be reimbursed for any expenditures during the period of no state budget unless the legislative budget is retroactive to July
1. EJAS will not be available for staff use. TANF recipients will continue to receive their Federal TANF grant (Not State). Students will not have access to any WorkFirst support services and will not be required to participate in any WorkFirst activity.
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<span lang="EN">State Funds</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN">ALL state-funded programs, including (but not limited to) Worker Retraining, Opportunity Grants, Early Achiever Grants, Corrections Education, Job Skills, HEET, and Workforce Development grants<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>are subject to budget approval, and as a result we cannot allocate or grant funds until the Legislature completes its work.
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<span lang="EN">We expect that if the budget has not been approved by June 30<sup>th</sup>, the legislature will make the budget (when they do pass it) retroactive so that costs incurred as of July 1<sup>st</sup> will be covered<span style="color:#1F497D">.
</span>However, there is no guarantee funding will be made retroactive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN">Payments for student wrap-around services such as transportation, emergency food/utilities/rent or child care will be dependent on non-appropriated funding available at your college. Please work with your business office and collage leadership
to understand what options exist for students. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN">We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and it is still our hope that we will receive a budget agreement by June 30.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let us know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"High Tower Text","serif";color:#403152">Jan Yoshiwara</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"High Tower Text","serif";color:#403152">Deputy Executive Director for Education Services
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"High Tower Text","serif";color:#403152">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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