BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2653: Higher ed degree production

Providing higher education degree production incentives.

Summary

Creates the Degree Production Incentive Account (Account), as an appropriated account in the State Treasury.
Directs that expenditures from the Account may be used only for degree production incentive purposes as specified.
Directs that the purpose is to provide incentives to the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College to meet degree production goals to increase total undergraduate degrees awarded, undergraduate degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering, and math and high employer demand fields, degrees awarded to low-income students, and the proportion of in-state students accepted compared to out-of-state students.
Provides that the data used to determine points earned for degree production incentive purposes shall be the same as used for the higher education Data Dashboard collected by the Education Research and Data Center at the Office of Financial Management.

From the House Bill Analysis 2014 (HB 2653), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to higher education degree production incentives;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 23, 2014First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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