HB 1735 - DIGEST

Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Implement the guided pathways model at each community and technical college; and

(2) Contract with an entity with expertise in higher education and behavioral health to develop a plan for colleges to offer behavioral health services.

Requires The Evergreen State College to implement the Evergreen first-year experience program and precollege immersion programs.

Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct an evaluation of the Evergreen first-year experience program.

Requires institutions of higher education to add the following to newly issued student identification cards: National, state, or local suicide hotlines; emergency contact numbers; and information on behavioral health counseling services.

Requires Central Washington University to hire additional mental health counselors, case managers, a psychiatrist, and a faculty lecturer, and create additional graduate assistantships to improve mental health services for students.

Requires Eastern Washington University to train students, successful in math and science classes, to be peer mentors and provide supplemental instruction.

Requires Western Washington University to implement an enhanced career services model with embedded, integrated, and specialized services to increase student success and completion.

Creates the public service graduate degree conditional grant program at the University of Washington.

Creates the public service graduate degree conditional grant account.

Makes appropriations.