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promptly transmitted to the education data center so that it is 1 available and easily accessible. 2 (6) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2022 is provided solely for the Washington student achievement 4 council to convene and coordinate a task force to propose strategies 5 to eliminate financial and nonfinancial barriers to low-income 6 students participating in running start, college in the high school, 7 advanced placement, international baccalaureate, Cambridge, and 8 career and technical education dual credit programs. The task force 9 shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the 10 legislature by December 1, 2021. The report must include: 11 (a) Strategies to address the following financial and 12 nonfinancial barriers to students: 13 (i) Per credit tuition fees and any other fees charged for 14 college in the high school and career and technical education dual 15 credit courses; 16 (ii) Books, fees, and any other direct costs charged to running 17 start students when enrolling in college courses; and 18 (iii) Exam fees and other charges to students enrolling in exam- 19 based dual credit courses; 20 (b) Recommendations on student supports to close equity gaps in 21 dual credit access, participation, and success; 22 (c) Recommendations to improve and increase communication with 23 students and families regarding the awareness, access, and completion 24 of dual credit; 25 (d) Expanding access to dual credit opportunities for students in 26 career and technical education pathways; and 27 (e) Running start data for fiscal year 2019, fiscal year 2020, 28 and fiscal year 2021 for each community and technical college as 29 described in section 602(29) of this act. 30 (7) $29,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 31 year 2022 and $29,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of Second 33 Substitute House Bill No. 1044 (prison to postsecondary ed.). 34 (8) $16,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 35 year 2022 and $16,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 36 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of Substitute 37 Senate Bill No. 5249 (mastery-based learning). 38 p. 1363 ESSB 5187.SL