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(37)(a) $7,018,000 of the workforce education investment account— 1 state appropriation is provided solely to expand cybersecurity 2 academic enrollments by 500 FTE students. 3 (b) The state board for community and technical colleges must 4 coordinate with the student achievement council as provided in 5 section 609(17) of this act to submit a progress report on the new or 6 expanded cybersecurity academic programs, including the number of 7 students enrolled. 8 (38) $205,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 9 appropriation is provided solely to establish a center for excellence 10 in cybersecurity. 11 (39) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 12 fiscal year 2022 and $3,497,000 of the general fund—state 13 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for legal 14 services related to litigation by employees within the community and 15 technical college system challenging the denial of retirement and 16 sick leave benefits. The cases include Wolf v. State and SBCTC, Rush 17 v. State and SBCTC (retirement), and Rush v. State and SBCTC (sick 18 leave). 19 (40) $7,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 20 fiscal year 2023 and $1,000,000 of the workforce education investment 21 account—state appropriation are provided solely to expand the 22 opportunity grant program to provide health care workforce grants for 23 students. 24 (41) $2,720,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 25 fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for each community and technical 26 college to contract with a community-based organization to assist 27 with financial aid access and support in communities. 28 (42) In addition to the homeless student assistance pilot program 29 sites funded in subsection (31) of this section, $2,932,000 of the 30 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 is provided 31 solely for the expansion of the program in RCW 28B.50.916 to all 32 community colleges. 33 (43) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 34 fiscal year 2023 and $1,728,000 of the workforce education investment 35 account—state appropriation ((is)) are provided solely for the 36 expansion of existing programming to accommodate refugees and 37 immigrants who have arrived in Washington state on or after July 1, 38 p. 1314 ESSB 5187.SL