WA universities ask for 10 percent of state income
Washington's public colleges and universities are requesting 10 percent of expected state income in the next two-year budget cycle.
The proposed $3.34 billion higher education budget would be equivalent to what they were given by the Legislature in 2009.
Bob Burdick, a spokesman for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, says those dollars would be enough to keep college enrollment stable for the next two years, and would allow the state to boost financial aid to better keep up with demand.