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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">WSSSC: see below, a high-level summary of how we did in the Legislative Session. I will finish up my Student Services Bill Watch document this week and send it out, just waiting for the Governor to sign some
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 o: 360-704-4334 • f: 360-704-4418</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue">sbctc.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003561">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864">SBCTC Vision:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864">“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.”                       <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 26, 2021 4:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ana Ybarra <aybarra@sbctc.edu>; Bill Moore <bmoore@sbctc.edu>; Darby Kaikkonen <dkaikkonen@sbctc.edu>; Denise H. Costello <dcostello@sbctc.edu>; Jamilyn Penn <jpenn@sbctc.edu>; Joe Holliday <jholliday@sbctc.edu>; Kristi Wellington Baker <kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu>;
 Marie Bruin <mbruin@sbctc.edu>; Mark Jenkins <mjenkins@sbctc.edu>; Scott Copeland <scopeland@sbctc.edu>; William Durden <wdurden@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Shannon Bell <sbell@sbctc.edu>; Lori Crist <lcrist@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please Share: Operating and Capital Conference Budgets<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Education Division Directors—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please feel free to share the message below with the councils and commissions you support. What an amazing session!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Carli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> John Boesenberg <<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 24, 2021 3:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ben Bagherpour (<a href="mailto:ben_bagherpour@sehamerica.com">ben_bagherpour@sehamerica.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:ben_bagherpour@sehamerica.com">ben_bagherpour@sehamerica.com</a>>; Carol Landa-McVicker <<a href="mailto:cj_99224@yahoo.com">cj_99224@yahoo.com</a>>;
 Chelsea Mason <<a href="mailto:chels.mason@icloud.com">chels.mason@icloud.com</a>>; Crystal Donner <<a href="mailto:crystal.donner@perteet.com">crystal.donner@perteet.com</a>>; Fredrick Whang <<a href="mailto:whang44@gmail.com">whang44@gmail.com</a>>; Jay
 Reich - State Board (<a href="mailto:reichjay@outlook.com">reichjay@outlook.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:reichjay@outlook.com">reichjay@outlook.com</a>>; Mack Hogans <<a href="mailto:hmackmack@msn.com">hmackmack@msn.com</a>>; Martin Valadez <<a href="mailto:valadez_torres@yahoo.com">valadez_torres@yahoo.com</a>>;
 Martin Valadez (2) <<a href="mailto:martinvaladez@alumni.stanford.edu">martinvaladez@alumni.stanford.edu</a>>; Phyllis Kenney <<a href="mailto:kenneypg8@gmail.com">kenneypg8@gmail.com</a>>; Amit Singh (<a href="mailto:amit.singh@edcc.edu">amit.singh@edcc.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:amit.singh@edcc.edu">amit.singh@edcc.edu</a>>; Amy Morrison (<a href="mailto:amy.morrison@lwtech.edu">amy.morrison@lwtech.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:amy.morrison@lwtech.edu">amy.morrison@lwtech.edu</a>>; Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Beth Gordon <<a href="mailto:bgordon@sbctc.edu">bgordon@sbctc.edu</a>>; Bob Mohrbacher - Centralia (<a href="mailto:bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu">bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu">bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu</a>>;
 Carli Schiffner <<a href="mailto:cschiffner@sbctc.edu">cschiffner@sbctc.edu</a>>; Chad Hickox (<a href="mailto:chad.hickox@wwcc.edu">chad.hickox@wwcc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:chad.hickox@wwcc.edu">chad.hickox@wwcc.edu</a>>; Chemene Crawford (<a href="mailto:Chemene.Crawford@seattlecolleges.edu">Chemene.Crawford@seattlecolleges.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:Chemene.Crawford@seattlecolleges.edu">Chemene.Crawford@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; Cherie Berthon <<a href="mailto:cberthon@sbctc.edu">cberthon@sbctc.edu</a>>; Cheryl Roberts <<a href="mailto:cheryl.roberts@shoreline.edu">cheryl.roberts@shoreline.edu</a>>;
 Chris Bailey (<a href="mailto:cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu">cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu">cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu</a>>; Christine Johnson (<a href="mailto:christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu">christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu">christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu</a>>; Daria Willis (<a href="mailto:dwillis@everettcc.edu">dwillis@everettcc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:dwillis@everettcc.edu">dwillis@everettcc.edu</a>>; Darrell Cain - Pierce
 Puyallup (<a href="mailto:dcain@pierce.ctc.edu">dcain@pierce.ctc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:dcain@pierce.ctc.edu">dcain@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Ed Brewster (<a href="mailto:ed.brewster@ghc.edu">ed.brewster@ghc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:ed.brewster@ghc.edu">ed.brewster@ghc.edu</a>>;
 Eric Murray (<a href="mailto:emurray@cascadia.edu">emurray@cascadia.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:emurray@cascadia.edu">emurray@cascadia.edu</a>>; Gary Locke - Bellevue (<a href="mailto:gary.locke@bellevuecollege.edu">gary.locke@bellevuecollege.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:gary.locke@bellevuecollege.edu">gary.locke@bellevuecollege.edu</a>>;
 Grant Rodeheaver <<a href="mailto:grodeheaver@sbctc.edu">grodeheaver@sbctc.edu</a>>; Ivan Harrell (<a href="mailto:iharrell@tacomacc.edu">iharrell@tacomacc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:iharrell@tacomacc.edu">iharrell@tacomacc.edu</a>>; Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Jim Richardson (<a href="mailto:jrichardson@wvc.edu">jrichardson@wvc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Jrichardson@wvc.edu">Jrichardson@wvc.edu</a>>; John Boesenberg <<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a>>; John Mosby (<a href="mailto:jmosby@highline.edu">jmosby@highline.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:jmosby@highline.edu">jmosby@highline.edu</a>>; Joyce Loveday (<a href="mailto:joyce.loveday@cptc.edu">joyce.loveday@cptc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:joyce.loveday@cptc.edu">joyce.loveday@cptc.edu</a>>; Julie Walter <<a href="mailto:jwalter@sbctc.edu">jwalter@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Julie White - Pierce College Fort Steilacoom (<a href="mailto:juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu">juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu">juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Karin Edwards (<a href="mailto:kedwards@clark.edu">kedwards@clark.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:kedwards@clark.edu">kedwards@clark.edu</a>>; Kathi Hiyane-Brown (<a href="mailto:khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu">khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu">khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu</a>>; Kevin Brockbank (<a href="mailto:Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu">Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu">Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu</a>>; Kevin McCarthy (<a href="mailto:kmccarthy@rtc.edu">kmccarthy@rtc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:kmccarthy@rtc.edu">kmccarthy@rtc.edu</a>>; Kim Tanaka <<a href="mailto:ktanaka@sbctc.edu">ktanaka@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Kimberlee Messina (<a href="mailto:Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu">Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu">Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu</a>>; Laura McDowell <<a href="mailto:lmcdowell@sbctc.edu">lmcdowell@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Lin Zhou - Bates <<a href="mailto:lzhou@batestech.edu">lzhou@batestech.edu</a>>; Linda Kaminski <<a href="mailto:lkaminski@yvcc.edu">lkaminski@yvcc.edu</a>>; Luke Robins (<a href="mailto:lrobins@pencol.edu">lrobins@pencol.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:lrobins@pencol.edu">lrobins@pencol.edu</a>>;
 Marty Cavalluzzi - Olympic <<a href="mailto:mcavalluzzi@olympic.edu">mcavalluzzi@olympic.edu</a>>; Michele Johnson <<a href="mailto:mjohnson@pierce.ctc.edu">mjohnson@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Rebekah Woods (<a href="mailto:rwoods@columbiabasin.edu">rwoods@columbiabasin.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:rwoods@columbiabasin.edu">rwoods@columbiabasin.edu</a>>; Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap - South Seattle (<a href="mailto:Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu">Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu">Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>;
 Sara Thompson Tweedy (<a href="mailto:sarat@bigbend.edu">sarat@bigbend.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:SaraT@bigbend.edu">SaraT@bigbend.edu</a>>; Sheila Edwards Lange - Seattle Central (<a href="mailto:Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu">Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu">Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; Shouan Pan (<a href="mailto:shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu">shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu">shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>;
 Suzanne Johnson (<a href="mailto:sjohnson@greenriver.edu">sjohnson@greenriver.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:sjohnson@greenriver.edu">sjohnson@greenriver.edu</a>>; Tim Stokes (<a href="mailto:tstokes@spscc.edu">tstokes@spscc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:tstokes@spscc.edu">tstokes@spscc.edu</a>>;
 Tom Keegan (<a href="mailto:thomas.keegan@skagit.edu">thomas.keegan@skagit.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:thomas.keegan@skagit.edu">thomas.keegan@skagit.edu</a>>; Walter Hudsick (<a href="mailto:whudsick@btc.edu">whudsick@btc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:whudsick@btc.edu">whudsick@btc.edu</a>>;
 Wayne Doty <<a href="mailto:wdoty@sbctc.edu">wdoty@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Operating and Capital Conference Budgets<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:red">This message is being sent  to State Board members and College District Chancellors and  Presidents.  It will be more widely
 distributed on Monday, April 26, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">We are excited to report that the Legislature has now released final capital and operating budgets that are very good for the community and technical colleges!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Operating Budgets.</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">  The Fiscal Year 2021 supplemental and the 2021-23
 biennial operating budgets were released at noon this afternoon.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The 2021 Supplemental Budget, consistent with the Senate budget proposal, takes back $6.8 million reduction associated with the foregone Fiscal
 Year 2021 exempt employee 3% wage increase.  As noted in previous conversations, the funds remain in the maintenance level budget and colleges are authorized to provide those forgone increases effective July 1, 2021.  
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The 2021-23 biennial operating budget includes nearly all of the new investments that were in both the House and Senate budgets.
 The total state investment for next biennium is $1.89 billion, a 4.3 percent increase over the current biennium.  Considering the dismal budget outlook only a few months ago, this is an extraordinary improvement - one that will help stabilize our colleges
 in the face of continuing uncertainty.  Highlights of the 2021-23 operating budget include:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$15.9M for Guided Pathways to fulfill the future commitments made in the Workforce Education Investment Act in 2019. 
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$15.8M for implementation of SB 5194, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, including $5 million to increase the
 number of tenure-track faculty, $6.8 million for strategic DEI planning, faculty diversity and outreach, and the remainder for pilot mental health counseling grants and enhancing support for students of color. 
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$10M for the Job Skills Program for</span>
<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">grants to colleges who partner with employers to provide incumbent worker training.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$8M for emergency assistance grants to students experiencing unforeseen emergencies or situations that affect their ability to
 attend classes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$4M for Career Launch and High Demand enrollments to help expand enrollments currently in demand by employers.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$3.2M for implementation of SB 5227, Diversity in Higher Education, a bill that provides for faculty, staff and student diversity
 training as well as  campus climate assessments at all colleges. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$1.5M to expand the anti-racist curriculum review pilot currently focused on English 101. 
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">$1.03M to double the number of pilot programs at community and technical colleges to provide assistance to homeless students and
 students who were in foster care. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The attached worksheet provides a detailed comparison of the final Legislative operating budget (also called the conference budget) and
 prior proposals from the House, Senate and Governor. Remarkably, the final budget is larger than either the House or Senate! Employee wage and benefit policies are unchanged from the House and Senate budgets. Please get in touch if you have questions.  We
 will be working with the system throughout the coming week on the details of this budget.
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The 2021-23 capital budget fully funds our request through project 26, Bellevue College’s Center for Transdisciplinary Learning and Innovation. The budget provides a total of $499,619,000.
   Different from our request, it combines minor program and infrastructure lists with 60% of the requested funding for the individual lists – similar to the Senate proposal. It also includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">A requirement for SBCTC to look at different ways to structure and prioritize our 2023-25 capital request and to submit a report
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">A side-by-side comparison with our capital request is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Please feel free to connect with us for any questions you may have. Contact information appears below. Much thanks to all those who worked hard and advocated for our students and
 colleges.  Additional  thanks to Wayne and Cherie for pulling these summaries together so quickly!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• o: 360-704-1023 • f: 360-704-4415 • c: 360-339-2888<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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