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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Dear WSSSC Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">I hope this finds you well and enjoying the warm weather!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">In 2019, the Workforce Education Investment Act (WEIA) passed House Bill 2158 providing a funding mechanism
for numerous investments in higher education in the state. It included creating the Washington College Grant as an entitlement program, identified funding for nurse educators and high demand faculty salary increases, and provided funding for fully mobilizing
Guided Pathways. The first year of this funding was allocated to the colleges in two ways: $100,000 for each college for Guided Pathways planning work, and $20 million for nurse educator salaries distributed to individual colleges based on headcount. The
second year of this funding, expanded Guided Pathways funding and included high demand salary funding. In the last biennium, funds were expanded to include high demand program funding. In subsequent years, our system has seen additional college investments
drawn from this fund, including funding for DEI efforts and nursing simulation. </span>
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">As part of the Workforce Education Investment Act legislation, an oversight board was established. Their primary responsibility is to account for the effectiveness of these funds. To do this, an annual
report is required to be submitted to the Legislature by December, however, our portion is due October 1.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#032242;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">In order to address this required reporting, we need your help! We need each college to complete the following survey so we can populate our section
of the report to the oversight board.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#032242;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Please complete this survey by August 1, 2023.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Here is the link to the survey:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9ZQBXXS">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9ZQBXXS</a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Also, attached is a document that contains all the questions in the survey in case you find that an easier way to manage. This is being sent to Presidents,
Vice Presidents of Instruction, Vice Presidents of Student Services, and the Research and Planning Commission—so please coordinate your responses and
<b>submit one</b> survey per college via the Vice President of Instruction’s Office. Thank you!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you for your assistance in gathering this information for our required reporting on WEIA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Please reach out if you have any questions! Always happy to hear from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Fondly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Carli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Carli Schiffner, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Deputy Executive Director for Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">509.683.2963 <a href="mailto:cschiffner@sbctc.edu">
cschiffner@sbctc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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