2009 Session:

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WSU Reports required by the 2009 Legislature

The Legislature again required many reports and studies by Washington State University. Here is a summary of those reporting requirements gleaned from successful 2009 legislation. This is a Aug. 19 draft. Watch here for additional updates. This draft is prepared in a printer-friendly pdf format.

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Briefing Paper No. 9

WSU Beach Watchers Expenditures for 2008

WSU provides a break-down of $553,483 annual expenditures for the current Beach Watchers extension program. The program utilizes 850 volunteers that perform a broad variety of tasks in coastal counties. Printer- friendly PDF version. 

Briefing Paper No. 8

Vancouver Applied Technology/Classroom Building

WSU requests construction funding for 2009-2011 to build a new engineering teaching and research facility that will meet some of the most pressing employment needs in computer science and electrical engineering. Printer- friendly PDF version. 

Briefing Paper No. 7

Voluntary Retirement Incentive

WSU requests authority to extend its retirement medical benefits program to its 2,100 classified employees and some exempt staff employees that are all on state-administered retirement systems, principally PERS. Printer- friendly PDF version. 

Briefing Paper No. 6

School for Global Animal Health: Operating Funding

This is a scaled-back proposal on a $2.77 million option for the WSU School of Global Animal Health.This version provides for about ten new employees instead of 25 in the original proposal. Printer- friendly PDF version. 

Briefing Paper No. 5

Global Animal Health Building- Phase I

This is a  request for WSU funding to match the $25M Gates Foundation gift for the $35 million Global Animal Health Phase I facility for WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Printer- friendly PDF version. 

Briefing Paper No. 4

Center for Semi-conductor Research & Innovation

The Washington Technology Center and WSU are proposing construction of side-by-side buildings that will create a semi-conductor research and education complex.  This complex on the WSU Vancouver campus will allow engineering students, corporate semi-conductor researchers, WSU scientists, and community economic development leaders to integrate their work.  This joint WSU-WTC briefing paper is available only as an Adobe pdf document. 

Briefing Paper No. 2

WSU's Tri-Cities Agenda

This is a draft summary of WSU budget requests that would impact the Tri-Cities and the Mid-Columbia. This draft Tri-Cities briefing paper is currently available only as an Adobe pdf document. 

Briefing Paper No. 3

WSU's Spokane Agenda

This is a quick summary of items contained in the WSU 2009-2011 budget request package that impact the residents of Spokane and the Inland Northwest.

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Briefing Paper No. 1

WSU Performance Agreement Proposal

This document represents a six-year agreement between Washington State University and the state. It embodies a new, focused direction that will lead to an added 4,800 highly-qualified graduate and undergraduate students over the next six years and millions more in economic development through focused research programs. This draft was submitted in September to a statewide steering committee chaired by HEC Board Executive Director Ann Daley.

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Draft Performance Agreement

WSU State Briefing Paper Archives