State Budget
April 1, 2015
UW weighs in on State House and Senate budgets
HOUSE OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGETS On Monday (March 30), UW testified in House Appropriations on the Chair’s operating budget proposal, and in House Capital Budget on the Chair’s capital budget proposal. View the testimony on behalf of the University by Director of State Relations Genesee Adkins in House Appropriations via TVW here. You can also watch testimony…
March 28, 2015
UW Interim President Ana Mari Cauce statement on proposed House budget
The following statement is from University of Washington Interim President Ana Mari Cauce: “I am pleased to see that the House budget begins the critical work of reinvesting in higher education for the benefit of our students and our state. The new funding for faculty and staff compensation, computer science enrollment expansion and medical residencies…
December 23, 2014
Universities react to Governor Inslee’s 2015-17 budget proposal
On December 18, Governor Inslee released his plans to fund education in the 2015-17 biennium. You can find information about the Governor’s full budget proposal online here. This is what Washington’s public universities had to say about Governor Inslee’s plans for funding higher education: This week’s budget proposal from Governor Inslee makes important investments in…
February 27, 2014
House and Senate release supplemental budget proposals
This week, leaders of the Senate and House fiscal committees released their supplemental operating and capital budgets. The budgets propose technical corrections and appropriation changes to the current 2013-15 biennial budgets. Read UW’s Office of Planning & Budgeting brief (PDF) comparing the Governor, House, and Senate budgets. In terms of process, the Senate budget was passed out of…
December 18, 2013
Governor Inslee releases 2014 supplemental budget proposal
This week (Dec. 17), Governor Jay Inslee released his 2014 supplemental budget proposal, calling it a “hold-steady” budget in a “get ready” year, acknowledging that tough decisions await on the horizon for the next biennial budget in 2015. READ: UW Office of Planning & Budgeting Blog and Brief (PDF) on the Governor’s budget proposal. The…
October 14, 2013
Forecast shows revenues up, confidence down
On Friday (Oct. 11), the Washington State Economic Revenue & Forecast Council published it’s monthly economic and revenue update. Among other news, the report shows that tax collections were again higher than previously forecast, and consumer confidence is down, likely as a byproduct of the federal government shutdown. A few additional highlights from the update: Washington…
July 9, 2013
Editorial: A proud moment for the state Legislature
In a guest opinion editorial published in The Olympian newspaper, UW President Michael K. Young recognizes state legislators for their work on behalf of higher education in the state budget: I am very proud of our state Legislature. As difficult and protracted as the process was, our legislators passed a state budget that reinvests in…
June 28, 2013
Statement from UW President on the proposed Washington state budget
The following statement is from Michael K. Young, president of the University of Washington. “The proposed state operating budget agreement represents a significant step forward, not only for University of Washington students, faculty, staff and their families – but also for the state of Washington. “For the first time in over two decades, state reinvestment…
June 11, 2013
Governor Jay Inslee calls second special session
Today (June 11) is the last day of the first 30-day special session, which followed the 105-day regular session of the 2013 Washington State Legislature. Gov. Inslee announced at a morning press conference that a second 30-day special session would begin tomorrow at 9:00 AM. The second special session is necessary, because the House and…
June 7, 2013
State House approves revised budget plan
With the deadline for the first 30-day special session looming, the State House passed out a revised budget plan last night. The Associated Press reports: With lawmakers entering the final days of a special session, the House voted 53-35 to approve the budget. Republicans in the chamber praised budget writers for dropping a proposed business…
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