Western Legislative Review: Legislature Approves Operating Budget and Includes Funding for Student Success
On Friday in Olympia, the Senate and House of Representatives approved a new biennial operating budget. The 2017-19 budget was signed by Governor Inslee before midnight on June 30, averting a partial shutdown of state government that would have begun July 1. 草榴社区’s Budget Office has released an analysis of the budget, which can be found and .
Under the new budget, the state’s tuition policy is unchanged, permitting a 2.2% increase in resident undergraduate tuition for the 2017-18 academic year and a 2% increase for the 2018-19 academic year at four-year public higher education institutions. These permitted increases follow decreases in resident undergraduate tuition over the past two years. Services and Activities (S&A) fee increases are also limited to 2.2% in 2017-18 academic year and 2% in the 2018-19 academic year.