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expanded cybersecurity academic programs, including the number of 1 students enrolled. 2 (32) $410,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 3 appropriation is provided solely to establish a center for excellence 4 in cybersecurity. 5 (33) $2,068,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2024 and $2,068,000 of the general fund—state 7 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for legal 8 services related to litigation by employees within the community and 9 technical college system challenging the denial of retirement and 10 sick leave benefits. The cases include Wolf v. State and SBCTC, Rush 11 v. State and SBCTC (retirement), and Rush v. State and SBCTC (sick 12 leave). 13 (34) $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 14 fiscal year 2024 and $4,000,000 of the general fund—state 15 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 16 opportunity grant program to provide health care workforce grants for 17 students. 18 (35) $2,720,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 19 fiscal year 2024 and $2,720,000 of the general fund—state 20 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for each 21 community and technical college to contract with a community-based 22 organization to assist with financial aid access and support in 23 communities. 24 (36) $6,456,000 of the workforce education investment account— 25 state appropriation is provided solely for the expansion of existing 26 programming to accommodate refugees and immigrants who have arrived 27 in Washington state on or after July 1, 2021, and are eligible for 28 federal refugee resettlement services, including those from 29 Afghanistan and Ukraine. 30 (37)(a) $2,160,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 31 fiscal year 2024, $2,160,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 32 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,600,000 of the workforce education 33 investment account—state appropriation are provided solely for 34 nursing education, to increase the number of nursing slots by at 35 least 400 new slots in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 36 (b) The state board for community and technical colleges must 37 coordinate with the student achievement council as provided in 38 section 612(10) of this act to submit a progress report on the new or 39 p. 550 ESSB 5187.SL