WEA oversight board urges limits on 'supplanting' as account grows
Oversight board co-chairs and staff told the Senate Higher Education Committee that the Workforce Education Account (WEA) has grown rapidly and, through recent legislative choices, has been used to replace ("supplant") general-fund higher-education dollars, raising concerns about the account drifting from its original purpose.
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Chair Tijuana Nobles convened a work session on the Workforce Education Account oversight board on Jan. 29, hearing a joint presentation from Jane Broom, co-chair of the WEA oversight board and senior director at Microsoft Philanthropies, and Joel Anderson of the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC). They described the WEA’s origin as a public-private fund created to supplement higher-education investments and expand high-demand programs.
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