It also replaces decaying portable structures at four colleges, provides for major renovations at seven colleges and funds new buildings at five colleges. The largest single expenditure in the facility budget is for Cascadia, which is being constructed jointly with the University of Washington-Bothell. This is 4.6 percent more than in 1998-99 and is the full amount authorized by the Legislature. Most of the tuition increase will be used to boost salaries for part-time instructors. In addition, the board has scheduled a dinner meeting Wednesday with members of the Grays Harbor College Board of Trustees.
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