The 2023 legislative session ended on time yesterday after the House and Senate passed the state鈥檚 biennial operating, capital, and transportation budgets. The budgets will now be delivered to the Governor for his consideration and signature.
Major investments for the 91探花in the operating budget include:
- $30.4M for nonrepresented employee compensation increases聽of 4% in fiscal year 2024 and 3% in FY25
- $6.5M for state approved CBAs for represented employees
- $17.6M to improve the state portion of the compensation fund split to 60% (up from 58% in the previous biennium)
- $10.55M to grow a local, more diverse STEM workforce聽at all three 91探花campuses:
- $6M for the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering聽to increase enrollment, and $250,000 in one-time money for the Startup program
- $1.7M for the 91探花Bothell School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics聽to develop a program modeled after STARS to support 75 pre-major students in accessing and graduating with computer science degrees, and $362,000 in additional support for the STARS program in Seattle
- $2.85M for the 91探花Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology聽to increase enrollment
- $1.4M for student support services at 91探花Tacoma
- $8.5M in maintenance and operations聽for 91探花Bothell鈥檚 STEM4 building, the 91探花Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, and the Behavioral Health Teaching Facility
- $3M to develop a clean energy transformation strategy聽that transitions the Seattle campus energy infrastructure to 100% clean energy
Investments for聽 91探花Medicine听颈苍肠濒耻诲别:
- $150M in one-time funding for 91探花Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center聽so they can continue serving as the state鈥檚 safety-net and workforce training hospitals
- $4.9M in one-time funding聽for the Behavioral Health Teaching Facility聽for physician support and facilities fees, and $7.5M in one-time funding for costs associated with opening the facility
- $2M for the Family Medicine Residency Network,聽which trains high quality family medicine physicians in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) region
- $1M to create a 91探花Center for Indigenous Health
- $1M to continue firearm injury research
Overall, the University鈥檚 section of the operating budget included funding for 54 new provisos and legislation.
Additionally, the capital budget makes significant investments in the UW:
- $58M for phase 2 of the Magnuson Health Sciences Center renovation and replacement.聽The Center is the primary teaching space for the UW鈥檚 six health science schools and new facilities will promote innovative, multidisciplinary learning.
- $28.65M to design and renovate Anderson Hall,聽which was constructed in 1925 and has an antiquated learning environment that lacks adequate classroom and collaborative spaces for the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
- $9M to design and construct phase 2 of w菨色菨b蕯altx史鈥� Intellectual House.聽w菨色菨b蕯altx史 is a learning and gathering place for the UW鈥檚 American Indian and Alaskan Native students, faculty, and staff and a center for sharing the knowledge of Northwest Indigenous peoples.
- $13M for the behavioral health renovation of 91探花Medical Center-Northwest.聽This project provides an additional 25 90/180-day long term civil-commitment beds to help meet the state鈥檚 behavioral health care needs.
- $7.7M for land acquisition at 91探花Tacoma to accommodate future growth.
- $15M from the state Climate Commitment Account for infrastructure renewal, which has historically been funded from the 91探花Building Account.
- $7.5M for the 91探花Clean Energy Testbedsto continue to accelerate the development and adoption of new sustainable technologies.
- $6M for the Rainier Valley Early Learning Center, which expands access to affordable, high-quality childcare and preschool in the vibrant Rainier Valley neighborhoods.
- $3M to restore and renovate the historic AS 91探花Shell House.
For a comprehensive summary of the budgets, see the 91探花Office of Planning & Budgeting鈥檚 brief.