Bill would link funding to results for Washington's four universities
A bill sponsored by state Rep. Tim Probst, D-Vancouver would link funding for state universities to the results they produce.
The bill, HB 2265, easily passed in the House last week and is now in the Senate's higher-education committee. It is co-sponsored by Rep. Larry Haler, R-Richland.
If the current version makes it out of the Senate intact, the bill would lead to outcome-based payments to the state's four-year public universities. The Office of Financial Management by Dec. 1 would have to submit a report on how best to measure and reward the universities' performance.