Legislative Overview

Our Priorities for the 2007-09 Budget

Meet Economic Demand: $95.4 million

• 7,000 new enrollments (3,000 to respond to population growth, 2,000 to increase supply of skilled workers in high demand fields, and 2,000 in adult basic education to address the state's literacy gap). This breaks down as follows:
  • Cascadia (100 FTES per year)
  • Edmonds (100 FTES per year)
  • Everett (110 FTES per year)
  • Shoreline (30 FTES per year)
• Increase state support for:
  • Job Skills Program
  • Running Start and College in the High School

Support Innovation: $89.1 million

• Create new Centers of Excellence
• Expand distance learning and online library
• Purchase technical and instructional equipment
• Improve academic employees' compensation
• Maintain facilities

Focus on Student Success: $84.9 million

• Keep tuition stable for students without reducing college operations
• Provide support for student retention, including students with disabilities and youth Leaving foster care
• Extend Opportunity Grants tall community and technical colleges
• Increase state support for adult basic education

Capital Request: $520.4 million

• Cascadia - Center for Global Learning and the Arts Construction ($32.6 million)
• Edmonds - Meadowdale Hall Renovation ($9.3 million); Campus Electrical ($2.5 million)
• Everett - Undergraduate Education Center Construction ($40.6 million)
• Shoreline - Automotive Training Center Expansion ($1 million matching); Classroom Renovations ($1.9 million); HVAC & Little Theater Projects ($636,200)