Week 12: March 23-29
March 24, 1967
On this day, the Washington State Legislature passed the Community College Act, shifting control of two-year colleges from school districts to the state. The act established 22 community college boards supervised by one state board. The state would finance the rapidly growing schools.
Community colleges, also called junior colleges, had operated in Washington since 1915. Until 1961, state law prohibited a two-year school in a county that already had a four-year school. School districts established community colleges as part of their adult education programs.
March 27, 1909
March 28, 2014
March 29, 1968
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