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expanded nursing academic programs, including the number of students 1 enrolled per program. 2 (38) $200,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 3 appropriation is provided solely for the Bellingham Technical College 4 maritime apprenticeship program. 5 (39) $2,100,000 of the workforce education investment account— 6 state appropriation is provided solely for the Skagit Valley College 7 dental therapy education program. 8 (40) $855,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 9 appropriation is provided solely for the Seattle Central College for 10 partnership with the Seattle maritime academy. Seattle Central 11 College must enter into a memorandum of agreement with Washington 12 state ferries. Funding may not be expended until Seattle Central 13 College certifies to the office of financial management that a 14 memorandum of agreement with Washington state ferries has been 15 executed. The memorandum of agreement must address: 16 (A) The shared use of training and other facilities and 17 implementation of joint training opportunities where practicable; 18 (B) Development of a joint recruitment plan aimed at increasing 19 enrollment of women and people of color, with specific strategies to 20 recruit existing community and technical college students, maritime 21 skills center students, high school students from maritime programs, 22 foster care graduates, and former juvenile rehabilitation and adult 23 incarcerated individuals; and 24 (C) Development of a training program and recruitment plan and a 25 five-year operational plan. 26 (ii) The joint training program and recruitment plan and the 27 five-year operational plan must be submitted to the appropriate 28 policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023. 29 (41) $200,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 30 appropriation is provided solely for the state board for community 31 and technical colleges to work with interested parties, such as local 32 law enforcement agencies, the department of corrections, 33 representatives of county or city jail facilities, the Washington 34 state patrol, Washington community and technical colleges, and other 35 organizations and entities as appropriate to assess the recruitment 36 and retention challenges for their agencies and develop 37 recommendations to meet the workforce needs. These recommendations 38 should focus on education and training programs that meet the needs 39 p. 551 ESSB 5187.SL