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with the city of Federal Way and the University of Washington Tacoma 1 campus. 2 (16) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for Peninsula College to 5 maintain the annual cohorts of the specified programs as follows: 6 (a) Medical assisting, 40 students; 7 (b) Nursing assistant, 60 students; and 8 (c) Registered nursing, 32 students. 9 (17) $338,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2024 and $338,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the Washington state labor 12 education and research center at South Seattle College. 13 (18) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 14 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the aerospace and advanced 16 manufacturing center of excellence hosted by Everett Community 17 College to develop a semiconductor and electronics manufacturing 18 branch in Vancouver. 19 (19)(a) $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 20 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for a pilot program to help 21 students, including those enrolled in state registered apprenticeship 22 programs, connect with health care coverage. The state board for 23 community and technical colleges must provide resources for up to two 24 community or technical colleges, one on the east side and one on the 25 west side of the Cascade mountains, to hire or train an employee to: 26 (i) Provide information to students and college staff about 27 available health insurance options; 28 (ii) Develop culturally relevant materials and conduct outreach 29 for historically marginalized and underserved student populations to 30 assist these populations in their knowledge of access to low cost or 31 free health insurance plans; 32 (iii) Provide ongoing technical assistance to students about 33 health insurance options or the health insurance application process; 34 and 35 (iv) Provide technical assistance to students as a health benefit 36 exchange certified assister, to help students understand, shop, 37 apply, and enroll in health insurance through Washington health 38 planfinder. 39 p. 546 ESSB 5187.SL