the project was funded by matching grants of $750,000 from the bill and melinda gates foundation and the washington state legislature. in 2009-2010 the affected washington state student body totaled 470,000 and was increasing. many of the materials made available are open educational resources or oers. specifically, they include syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments and some are paired with low cost textbooks, costing $30 or less. in subjects across the sciences and humanities, the ocl team created curriculum support for washington state's most popular 81 courses in the state's 34 community and technical colleges. instructors were free to use the materials as they wish, in part or an entire course. the project was headed by cable green, then elearning director for the washington state board for community and technical colleges.