This morning the House Education Appropriations & Oversight Committee held the last public hearing and work session before the House deadline tomorrow – February 3.

Among the bills heard this morning was legislation to encourage the public baccalaureate institutions to design innovative approaches to increase the number of resident students gaining baccalaureate degrees and a bill to require institutions of higher education that already offer early registration to a certain population of students, to offer early registration to students who are eligible veterans or National Guard members.

The Committee followed the public hearing with a work session in which the Committee took action on several bills. Among the bills that will impact higher education is legislation focused on innovation at higher education, early registration for veterans at institutions for higher education, and flexibility with regard to regulations for Washington’s public baccalaureate institutions and community and technical colleges.