North Puget Sound legislation sent to Governor

This morning the Senate gave final approval to the North Puget Sound University legislation with a 38-10 vote.

Senate Bill 5636 now goes to the Governor’s desk.

Under the bill, WSU would assume management of the University Center in Everett in 2014 following the completion of an academic plan for the region and the establishment of an engineering program at the facility.

But the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board must first review the proposed expansion before all that happens. The HEC Board recommendations would be due July 1, 2012, and the academic plan would be due for submission to the Legislature for review by December 1, 2012.