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(2) Funding provided in this section is sufficient for The 1 Evergreen State College to continue operations of the Longhouse 2 Center and the Northwest Indian applied research institute. 3 (3) Within amounts appropriated in this section, the college is 4 encouraged to increase the number of tenure-track positions created 5 and hired. 6 (4) $2,760,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2022 and (($3,560,000)) $3,393,000 of the general fund—state 8 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 9 Washington state institute for public policy to initiate, sponsor, 10 conduct, and publish research that is directly useful to policymakers 11 and manage reviews and evaluations of technical and scientific topics 12 as they relate to major long-term issues facing the state. Within the 13 amounts provided in this subsection (4): 14 (a) $1,391,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2022 and $1,399,000 15 of the amounts in fiscal year 2023 are provided for administration 16 and core operations. 17 (b) $828,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2022 and (($937,000)) 18 $863,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for 19 ongoing and continuing studies on the Washington state institute for 20 public policy's work plan. 21 (c) $60,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2022 are provided 22 solely to the Washington state institute for public policy for the 23 continued work and research on behalf of the domestic violence risk 24 assessment work group. 25 (d) $25,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2022 and $40,000 of the 26 amounts in fiscal year 2023 are provided solely to the Washington 27 state institute for public policy for the continued work and research 28 on behalf of the Washington state criminal sentencing task force 29 established in section 944 of this act. 30 (e)(i) $14,000 of the amounts in fiscal year 2022 and $76,000 of 31 the amounts in fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 32 Washington state institute for public policy to study net nanny and 33 similar fictitious victim sting operations. The study must: 34 (A) Describe the current research on net nanny-type sting 35 operations, including any evidence of their effectiveness in 36 deterring or reducing crime, their costs, and the potential 37 advantages or drawbacks of their use in crime prevention; and 38 p. 1350 ESSB 5187.SL