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Imagine how much money a student could save if a four-year bachelor’s degree could be earned in three years. State Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, is sponsoring a bill that would encourage some of the state’s schools to find ways to do just that.

Bailey, who chairs the Senate’s higher education committee, is sponsoring Degree in Three — a bill that would encourage creative thinking about how to accelerate the degree process. Central Washington University already has such a program, Bailey said, and “they’re the ones who really know what works.”