HB 2043 - DIGEST

Establishes a student services office as a pilot program in the employment security department to coordinate job placement activities and resources for graduate and professional students at the University of Washington and Washington State University career services departments, while acting as a liaison between the employment security department WorkSource program, and the business community and graduate and professional students of the University of Washington and Washington State University. This pilot program begins July 1, 2005, and expires June 30, 2007.

Provides that, by December 1, 2006, the student services office advisory board shall report to appropriate committees of the legislature on the impact of the pilot program in this act on job placement services for graduate and professional students at the University of Washington and Washington State University.