Location

Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/18/2019 4:22 PM

Public Hearing

1. SB 5875 - Concerning unfair practices involving compensation of athletes in higher education. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
2. SB 5931 - Creating the nurse educator incentive grant program.
3. SB 5932 - Concerning salaries for faculty at community and technical colleges.
4. SB 5960 - Concerning higher education data and transparency.
5. SB 5950 - Creating the social work professional loan repayment program. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

Executive Session

1. SB 5774 - Relieving student debt.
2. SB 5786 - Concerning research in public institutions of higher education.
3. SB 5884 - Establishing the evergreen promise pilot program, which provides for affordable access to institutions of higher education.
4. SB 5800 - Concerning homeless college students.
5. SB 5738 - Requiring postsecondary institutions to plan for the needs of certain students experiencing homelessness.
6. SB 5709 - Creating the Native American opportunity scholarship program.
7. SB 5538 - Concerning free speech at institutions of higher education.
8. SB 5635 - Expanding opportunities for students to pursue mental and behavioral health professions.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. The Higher Education and Workforce Development committee is participating in an expanded public remote testimony program. To testify remotely on any public hearing measures before the committee, or to access committee meeting documents, please visit the committee's website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HEWD/Pages/default.aspx