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WEA oversight board urges limits on 'supplanting' as account grows
Summary
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.
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.
Broom said the board is an oversight body, not an appropriations authority, and that WSAC staffing has materially improved the board’s ability to track spending. "We agreed on what this would…
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