Western Legislative Review Governor Signs Supplemental Budgets after Legislature Adjourns
Governor Jay Inslee signed the 2018 supplemental operating and capital budgets yesterday after the Legislature adjourned sine die on March 8, the 60th day of the regular session. You can find a summary of the budget impacts to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø . In addition to signing the supplemental budgets, the Governor has also signed a variety of bills related to higher education that the Legislature approved during session.
A few of the bills related to higher education that passed the Legislature and will become law this year include:
- – Decoupling Services and Activities fees from tuition increases;
- – Expanding state financial aid programs to all resident low-income students;
- – Concerning open educational resources;
- – Requiring a system-wide credit policy regarding International Baccalaureate exams.
- – Establishing the Student Loan Bill of Rights;
- – Concerning suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education; and
- – Concerning the criminal history of applicants to institutions of higher education;
You can find a more comprehensive summary of bills relating to higher education that passed the Legislature and additional information about how the supplemental budgets impact Western in the Office of Government Relations’ .