The 2012 Supplemental Legislative Session convenes on Monday, January 9.

Several work sessions and some public hearings are scheduled on critical issues that impact higher education. To learn more follow the links below.

This week the focus of the appropriations committees (i.e. Senate Ways & Means ,  House Ways & Means, House Education Appropriations) will be to review the impact of early budget action in December and the current budget situation and to review in greater detail programs and services within the budget.

In addition, the higher education related committees (i.e. House Higher Education and  Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development) will receive results of reports requested from the 2011 legislative session on common course numbering and hold work sessions on innovative practices in higher education, efficiencies among the two and four year institutions in Washington, and the employment and earning outcomes for Washington’s higher education institutions.