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Expansion to HB 1835 pilot to address the need for high quality advising and assistance related to funding education.

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How best to provide strategic high quality advising related to dual credit attainment and how it fits within post-secondary pathways - perhaps embedded IHE staff into K12, much like HB 1835?

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Building more robust career pathways into the public sector (i.e. state jobs).

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Peer-to-peer/near peer supports are incredibly effective and impactful, so long as we are investing in robust and rigorous training and support for those supports to ensure success.

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First-gen college students need additional support to be successful. Peer mentorship could help with getting settled in the college environment. Then, provide state funding for navigation and mentorship to connect these first-gen students with resources at every institution in the state.

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Expanded funding ($12K/year over two years for awardees is the goal) for the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) - Supporting three students per legislative district who are in a focused career and technical education (CTE) program in HS or professional technical pathway in the CTCs.

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For Passport: Please remove the age requirement of when the student was in foster care. If they return to their family of origin before the age threshold, they should still benefit! The need is still there, especially since most (if not all) families impacted by foster care are low-income. Once they return to their family, it's not like every interpersonal and financial problem was resolved. Impacts from foster care are life long, the support should be as well. If the state removed the child from care, they should be invested in their success long-term - even after reunification.

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Robust investment in marketing. Both broad and targeted approaches.

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Educating families about how the sticker price of colleges is likely to be not what they will pay and to not be discouraged by those numbers.

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There are already programs at colleges and universities that are supporting students with housing and food insecurity. We need continued funding to support the positions doing this work.

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Reimagining higher ed funding, starting with eliminating the Carnegie model as basis for FTE reimbursements.

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Students report significant food & housing insecurity - we need more state investment directly to meet those needs, like a robust meal plan or guaranteed housing tied to lower incomes.

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Alignment and coordination between K-12 and higher education systems. It's too disconnected right now.

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Provide GEAR UP similar support to all students

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Barriers to accessing college includes discrimination and hostile environments students face while in college.

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Reengagement initiatives to help students reenroll in those last few credits towards completion/

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Empowering school counselors and college and career center folks to educate high school students about the many options and resources available.

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developing an apprenticeship system in the region

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Affordable housing needs to be a many prong approach, with advocacy from those of us involved in this work supporting college students. We must make an effort to work with county, state, city agencies on this

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Reducing benefits cliff barriers for SNAP recipients who find subsidized employment.

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Increasing our regions completion rates

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Building connections between courses of study and job/employers.

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Enrollment is key while keeping focused on completion supports. Nancy's comments on student enrollment and the supports they need will be critical to completion efforts

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Where can we access data on degree completion rates? There does not appear to be a readily transparent and accessible dashboard for this information.

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How private, non-profit WA schools who support Washingtonians can better collaborate with state agencies and schools. Helpful to share ALL options to our secondary students.

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Internships for Native/Indigenous Students

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navigators at each high school for post HS pathway support

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Enhancing and supporting the efforts of existing, successful organizations and initiatives to support student access, engagement, and achievement for all, especially the highest need students

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The cost of housing is outrageous and needs to be addressed by this collective model approach.

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Outreach to students and families in high school.