Senator Paull Shin’s bill (SB 6391) which establishes a new UW branch campus in Everett at the Pacific Station site was passed out of the Senate Higher Education Committee this afternoon by a vote of 5-1. Committee members Shin, Derek Kilmer, Jean Berkey, Jerome Delvin and Mark Schoesler voted in favor, while Tim Sheldon voted against. The bill now goes to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
As I mentioned in this morning’s post, the House Appropriations Education Subcommittee will hold a work session tomorrow morning on the UW North Sound campus issue and the House Capital Budget Committee will hold a work session on Friday to discuss future capital costs for the campus.
The House Higher Education committee has yet to scheduled a public hearing on Rep. Hans Dunshee’s bill (HB 2548) which would also establish the UW North Sound campus in Everett.