Agenda Update; House Higher Education

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Removed from Public Hearing HB 2662 - Creating the Washington next generation educational savings account program.
Added HB 2796 to Public Hearing.

Higher Education - 1/29/2016 10:00 a.m.

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 1/21/2016 AT 5:05 PM

Public Hearing:

HB 2680 - Establishing the Washington open education pilot grant program for the four-year institutions of higher education.
HB 2686 - Making the cost of textbooks and other college course materials more affordable.
HB 2780 - Making higher education more affordable by providing incentives for the use of open source instructional materials.
HB 2796 - Providing students with the costs of required course materials during registration.

Executive Session:

HB 2615 - Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff.
HB 2593 - Making community and technical colleges more affordable by eliminating the application fee for low-income students and reviewing placement testing fees.
HB 2675 - Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes.
HB 2301 - Increasing the number of state need grant recipients by awarding the community and technical college rate in certain financial aid programs for a student's first two years of postsecondary credit.
HB 2582 - Modifying provisions of the Washington advanced college tuition payment program.
HB 2801 - Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students.
HB 2691 - Concerning Central Washington University's fifth year promise.

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