[Wsssc] Student Services Comprehensive Legislative Updates, 4/28/2023
Lauren Hibbs
lhibbs at sbctc.edu
Fri Apr 28 09:46:17 PDT 2023
Good morning WSSSC Colleagues,
I would like to acknowledge beforehand that the following message is a very detailed and comprehensive overview of the 2023 session. We understand that people have different preferred styles of information processing, so we have provided this update in written form. Rest assured I will also overview these updates verbally during our May 17-18 commission meeting at Skagit.
As your SBCTC Student Services team, we aim to be a resource, facilitator, connector, and collaborative system leaders. We hope to make the roles and responsibilities of our college colleagues easier and more sustainable in purpose and practice.
Thank you in advance for your investment of time and inquiry. I look forward to discussing these updates with you during our upcoming spring commission meeting.
Most Sincerely,
Lauren Hibbs, Ed.D
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
THE 2023 SESSION
SESSION OVERVIEW
* The 2023 session began with the announcement of $480M reduced funding from Covid and other federal relief efforts. An additional $500M is expected to be cut in next year's budget.
* The Governor shared his priorities<https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/budget/statebudget/highlights/budget23/01-Overview.pdf>: (1) Expand the state's efforts to tackle homelessness and move quickly to dramatically increase the supply of affordable housing. (2) Strengthen public safety by training more law enforcement officers and addressing firearm violence across our state. (3) Continue efforts to transform the state's behavioral health system, which includes adding more community-based treatment capacity and boosting treatment services for children and youth. (4) Keep the state moving forward in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building a green economy. (5) Provide new actions and investments to protect the state's iconic salmon populations. (6) Protect reproductive rights and access to abortion services. (7) Support state agencies facing critical staffing shortages and address employee recruitment and retention issues across state government [including K-12 & HE].
* SBCTC shared four priorities through our decision package:<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/legislative-outreach/budget-request/overview> (1) Fully fund compensation; (2) Advance EDI; (3) Support Workforce Development; (4) Expand Learning technology.
* Collectively, we then focused the next 105+ days to introduce, track, consult, testify, influence, and share the legislative experience.
* In total, 2,122 bills were introduced during the 2023 legislative session.
* The legislature passed a $69.2 billion state operating budget, a $13.4 billion state transportation budget, and $8.6 billion state capital budget - for a total of $91.8 billion for the biennium, putting Washington state amongst the largest state budgets in the country.
COMPENSASTION & ALLOCATION
SESSION OVERVIEW
* The 2023-2025 includes a fully funded cost of living increase for Washington Colleges.
* Provides $1.055B in annual legislative funding to Washington Colleges. How the $1B is allocated is shared in the pie chart below.
* Statewide perspective: $69.2B bi-annually/$35B annually, for Climate Change, K-12, Affordable Housing, Higher Education, Prisons, Law Enforcement, Healthcare, Mental Health, Social Services, Parks, Environmental Programs, Transportation and Capital Construction, Reserves
* Education perspective: 2023 session produced the largest investment in K-12 since McCleary.
SB 1140<https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1140&Initiative=false&Year=2023> - Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.
* Makes biennial operating budget appropriations for the 2023-25 biennium and supplemental operating budget appropriations for the 2021-23 biennium.
ESSB 5187<https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5187&Initiative=false&Year=2023> - Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.
* Makes biennial operating budget appropriations for the 2023-25 biennium and supplemental operating budget appropriations for the 2021-23 biennium.
ESSB 5200<https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5200&Initiative=false&Year=2023>/HB 1147 - Concerning the capital budget.
* Makes biennial capital budget appropriations for the 2023-25 fiscal biennium.
* Makes 2023 supplemental capital budget appropriations for the 2021-23 fiscal biennium.
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EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
$12M was appropriated to SBCTC for the investment of DEI initiatives. SBCTC EDI Director Sophia Agtarap is preparing an update that we hope to provide at the spring WSSSC meeting.
STUDENT SERVICES
NEW POLICY ITEMS
HB 1159-Student Basic Need (Delivered to Gov. 4/22/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1559-S2.PL.pdf#page=1> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1559-S2%20SBR%20APS2%2023.pdf?q=20230424083637>
* Establishes benefits navigators at each institution of higher education, university campus, and the tribal college.
* Requires the development of Hunger-Free and Basic Needs Campus Strategic Plans.
* Creates the Free and Reduced-Price Meals Pilot Program.
* What you need to know: (Please join us 5/4/23 at 8am for a special VPSS session)
* Funding is based on appropriations and estimated at $5,236,000 biennium total
* Navigation
* Navigator position must be at minimum .75 FTE and cannot be split among other positions.
* Scope is specific to supporting students in accessing public benefits, emergency assistance programs, and community resources.
* Hunger-free and basic needs strategic plan
* Plan development by April 1, 2024
* Coordination with SBCTC for submission of joint report
* Free and Reduced-Price Meals Pilot
* Four CTCs two on each side of the Cascades will be able to participate
* Pilot expires July 1, 2026
SB 5702-Expanding the Student Experiencing Homelessness and Foster Youth (SSEH) (Delivered to Gov. 4/21/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5702-S.PL.pdf?q=20230427135033> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5702-S.E%20SBR%20FBR%2023.pdf?q=20230427135033>
* Expiration of current pilot is eliminated.
* Establishes the SSEH program as a permanent program.
* Participation in the program is available to ALL 2- and 4-year institutions. Does not include tribal colleges.
* Colleges participating in the program will work with SBCTC to provide an annual report to the legislature.
* What you need to know:
* Funding is based on appropriations and estimated at approximately $108,000 per college.
* SBCTC is working on timeline for offering colleges not currently participating the opportunity to apply for FY24
2SHB 1525-Eligibility for working connections childcare (WCCC) for state registered apprenticeships. (Delivered to Gov. 4/20/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1525-S2.PL.pdf?q=20230427134019> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1525-S2%20SBR%20APS%2023.pdf?q=20230427134019>
* Expands working connections childcare eligibility to include first 12 months of enrollment in a state registered apprenticeship program.
* A state registered apprenticeship applicant is no longer required to be a full-time student of a community, technical, or tribal college to waive work requirements as a condition of receiving WCCC benefits.
* Income eligibility not to exceed 75% of state median income at time of application. Depending on income, families may be required to make a copayment to the childcare provider.
HB 1232-Enhancing the College Bound Scholarship Program (Gov. signed 4/25/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1232.PL.pdf?q=20230428085713> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1232%20HBR%20PL%2023.pdf?q=20230428085713>
* Starting in the 2023-24 academic year it adjusts the 2.0 GPA requirement for CBS to only students who enroll directly at a four-year college.
* Students who enroll at a CTC directly after high school may have a GPA below the 2.0 threshold and access CBS.
* The Education Data Center be required to track data including enrollment by GPA, and persistence rates by GPA.
2SHB 1316-Expanding Access to Dual Credit Programs (Delivered to Gov. 4/19/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1316-S2.PL.pdf?q=20230425094906> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1316-S2%20SBR%20APS%2023.pdf?q=20230425094906>
* Every school district, charter school, and state-tribal education compact school must allow eligible students to participate in Running Start.
* Students participating in Running Start may be funded up to a maximum of 1.4 FTEs (up from 1.2 FTE) including school district and college enrollment.
* OSPI must develop rules to fund student enrollment in Running Start during the summer with a maximum of 10 college credits allowed in summer.
SSSB 5048-Eliminating College in the High school Fees (Delivered to Gov. 4/20/23)
View bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5048-S2.PL.pdf?q=20230425102927> and summary analysis<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5048-S2%20SBR%20FBR%2023.pdf?q=20230425102927>
* Beginning September 1, 2023, institutions of higher education must provide enrollment and registration in CHS courses at no cost for students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade at public schools.
* State appropriation shall be calculated using the total CHS courses administered in the prior academic year, funded at $300 per student up to a maximum rate of:
* $6,000 per CHS course administered by a state university;
* $5,000 per CHS course administered by a regional university or the state college; or
* $3,500 per CHS course administered by a community or technical college.
SB 5593-Improving equity in the transfer of student data between K-12 and HE (Delivered to Gov 4/21/23)
Bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5593-S2.PL.pdf?q=20230426121606> and summary<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5593-S2%20SBR%20FBR%2023.pdf?q=20230426121606>
* Public institutions of higher education in Washington must enter into data-sharing agreements with OSPI to facilitate the transfer of high school student directory information.
* The purpose of the data sharing agreements is to inform Washington high school students of their postsecondary educational opportunities.
* The data sharing agreements must also provide for the sharing of student enrollment and outcome information from institutions of higher education to OSPI and must include the statewide identifier for each student.
* What you need to know:
* Beginning in 2024, each school district that operates a high school must annually submit directory information of all enrolled high school students to OSPI by November 1. Directory information includes names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers of students and their parents or legal guardians.
* SBCTC will coordinate for a single data sharing agreement with OSPI and will disseminate directory information to individual community and technical colleges based on service district location.
* SBCTC will track the statewide identifier for each student and will share student enrollment and outcome information with OSPI no later than the beginning of the 2025-26 school year.
SB 5079-Concerning the date by which tuition operating fees are established (Signed by Gov 3/30/23)
Bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5079.SL.pdf?q=20230426121052> and summary<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5079%20SBR%20FBR%2023.pdf?q=20230426121052>
* Requires OFM to calculate, and transmit to the institutions of higher education, the maximum annual increase in tuition operating fees for resident undergraduate students by October 1st of each year for the following academic year.
SB 5687-Creating postsecondary wrestling grant programs. (Delivered to Gov 3/19/23)
Bill as written<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5687-S.PL.pdf?q=20230426121313> and summary<https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5687-S%20SBR%20FBR%2023.pdf?q=20230426121313>
* Subject to appropriations, a grant program to support start-up of intercollegiate wrestling programs at the public two and four-year institutions of higher education is created. The grant program is administered by WSAC. Approved uses of funds include start up, equipment, and student scholarships.
NEW Proviso
Emergency Contraceptive: WSAC received $200,000 in funding for institutions of higher education to purchase emergency contraceptive vending machines to dispense contraception at cost to students. The funding will be distributed on a first come first serve basis after WSAC releases details to public institutions of higher education, with $10k funding per institution to be administered through WSAC on a first come/first-served basis.
EXSISTING FUNDING MAINTANCE
Student Emergency Assistance Grants (SEAG)
The Student Emergency Assistance Grant (SEAG) Program provides funding for colleges to assist students experiencing unforeseen emergencies or situations that affect the student's ability to attend classes. This funding will continue through FY23-25, and as long as the legislature appropriates funds each biennium.
* $8,000,000 for biennium total
* $4,000,000 per year
Mental Health Counseling and Services Pilot Program
* The Mental Health Counseling and Services Pilot Program (MHCSPP) that was created through SB 5194 (2021) is in effect through July 1, 2025. The four pilot colleges, Grays Harbor College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, North Seattle College, and Wenatchee Valley College, are nearing the end of their second year and have experienced many successes as a result of lowering their student to mental health counselor ratio.
Health Insurance Outreach Pilot
* SBCTC was allocated $80,000 in proviso funding to continue the existing Health Insurance Outreach Pilot. Yakima Valley and South Puget Sound the two pilot institutions for the community and technical college system. WWU and CWU are the public baccalaureate institutions working with WSAC on this pilot.
Financial Aid Proviso Funding, $80k per participating college
* The Proviso funding for our CTCs to engage and partner with CBOs for financial aid outreach will continue to be funded in the next year; there is no current end date to this funding. In anticipation of next year, the student services team is working to develop a more comprehensive guide for colleges as to how they can utilize these funds.
Opportunity Grant Health
* This was the first year of the Opportunity Health Grant allocation. The CTCs were given $12 million to spend over the biennium, this year distributed $8 million for health-based programs. Staff are working to determine and adjust the FTE targets based on the remaining $4 million in funds for the 2023-24 academic year.
HB 1835 - Financial Aid Outreach Pilot
* The pilot has launched at five colleges in two Education Services Districts. SBCTC staff are preparing the first annual legislative report. The five pilot colleges include Olympic College, Peninsula College, Big Bend Community College, Walla Walla Community College, and Columbia Basin College. Each have established their outreach teams and have been successful in connecting with students. In preparation for the next financial aid application season teams are preparing to build stronger relationships with regional CBOS, their library partners, and other higher education partners and elevate the purpose of the pilot.
WORKFORCE UPDATES
NEW POLICY ITEMS
* Expand Nursing Enrollments $3,600,000
* Law Enforcement Workforce Workgroup $200,000 (one time)
* Nursing Supply (SB 5582) $882,000
* Supply Chain Trucking Grants $1,000,000 (one time)
* CTE Dual Credit Pilot $700,000
* Northwest Maritime Apprenticeships (BTC) $200,000
* Dual Credit Pilot Program (RTC) $580,000 (one time)
* Seattle Maritime Academy $855,000
* Dental Therapy Education Program (Skagit) $2,100,000
FUNDING MAINTANCE
* Adjust funding SB 5764 Apprenticeships $1.360 million
* Inflationary Increase for Centers of Excellence $1.262 million
If you've made it to the bottom, congratulations! Thank you for your investment of learning about the 2023 legislative session. I look forward to providing updates and participating in a fruitful discussion next month.
[Compass]
Lauren Hibbs, Ed.D
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
lhibbs at sbctc.edu* o: 360-704-4334 *
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SBCTC Vision:
"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."
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