House Vs. Senate Higher Ed Proposal
Notes on the figures below
- “Maintenance” dollars are those allocated to keep current operations going. A maintenance cut is when fewer dollars are being made available to do the same amount of work – it’s doing more with less.
- “Policy” cuts and increases are changes to funding because of a bill or budget language. In many cases, maintenance and policy cuts offset one another.
Find the detailed breakdown on the numbers below here.
Community Colleges - House Proposal
- $100,000,000 in maintenance cuts and -$29,055,000 in policy cuts.
- $27,167,000 total maintenance budget increase (.6%) $72,014,000 total policy increase (1.7%)
Community Colleges - Senate Proposal
- $27,167,000 total maintenance budget increase (.6%)
- $72,014,000 total policy increase (1.7%)
- The state would begin fully funding employee compensation for community and technical colleges, which would be a HUGE windfall for these schools. Ever since the Great Recession, employee compensation has come 50% from the state and 50% from the university or college. The Senate proposal would bring back 100% state funding of employee compensation, but just for members at community and technical colleges.
CWU - House
- Approx. $2,000,000 total maintenance budget cuts
- -$3,920,000 policy budget cuts
CWU - Senate
- $17,680,000 total maintenance budget increase (3.8%)
- $27,144,000 total policy increases (5.9%)
EWU - House
- Approx. $1,000,000 total maintenance budget increase
- -$3,473,000 policy cuts
EWU - Senate
- $3,258,000 total maintenance budget increase (.8%)
- $15,545,000 total policy increases (3.9%)
UW - House
- Approx $30,000,000 maintenance budget cut
- $21,211,000 in policy cuts
UW - Senate
- $140,352,000 maintenance budget cut (-1.5%)
- $163,285,000 total policy increases (1.8%)
TESC - House
- -$40,000,000 in maintenance budget cuts
- -$10,651,000 in total policy cuts
TESC - Senate
- -$42,506,000 total maintenance budget cut (22.3%)
- -$33,184,000 total policy cuts (17.4%)
WSU - House
- $110,000,000 total maintenance increase
- -$15,607,000 total policy cuts
WSU - Senate
- $104,778,000 total maintenance budget increase (5.2%)
- $159,565,000 total policy increases (7.9%
WWU - House
- Approx. -$1,000,000 in maintenance cuts
- -$6,485,000 in policy cuts
WWU - Senate
- $5,664,000 maintenance budget increase (1.1%)
- $26,204,000 total policy budget increase (5.1%)
What does a "cut" mean?
If these cuts are implemented by the legislature, the colleges will decide how to implement them. Furloughs are on the table and have been utilized in the past.
WFSE along with a coalition of stakeholders are advocating to maintain employee compensation, avoid furloughs and minimize layoffs.