Section 28B.65.030. Washington state high-technology education and training program established—Goals.

A Washington state high-technology education and training program is hereby established. The program shall be designed to:

(1) Develop the competence needed to make Washington state a leader in high-technology fields, to increase the productivity of state industries, and to improve the state's competitiveness in regional, national, and international trade;

(2) Develop degree programs to enable students to be productive in new and emerging high-technology fields by using the resources of the state's two-year community colleges, regional universities, the University of Washington, Washington State University, and The Evergreen State College; and

(3) Provide industries in the state with a highly-skilled workforce capable of producing, operating, and servicing the advancing technology needed to modernize the state's industries and to revitalize the state's economy.

[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 72 § 4.]

1983 1st ex.s. c 72 § 4.