BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5658: Workforce education account

Concerning the workforce education investment account.

Summary

Requires a certain amount of the revenue growth in the Workforce Education Investment Account to fund computing degree programs.
Changes reporting requirements for the Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.
Changes what may be included in the cost of attendance for determining the award for the Washington College Grant for Apprenticeship.
Requires public institutions of higher education to grant credit towards a degree for related supplemental instruction for students in registered apprenticeships.
Increases the median family income to qualify for the Washington College Grant and codifies the Bridge Grant.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the workforce education investment account;

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

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5658 (2023–24) Higher ed. comp. bidding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2021–22) Recyclability · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2019–20) Bullion tax preferences · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2017–18) Solid fuel burning devices · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2015–16) Notices, records, & parties · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5658 (2013–14) Mercury-containing lights · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5658 (2011–12) DOT surplus real property · Enacted · Chapter 376, Laws of 2011
SB 5658 (2009–10) Chinese & Spanish languages · Did not pass · died in committee