To increase its support for the Manufacturing Extension Program, to expand the delivery of modernization services to small Washington manufacturers, and to leverage federal and private resources devoted to such efforts. The bill would appropriate $1,000,000 to the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to carry out these efforts. See companion SB 5618.   Official Text and Analysis.

To remove the requirement that the WMS educate students about careers in manufacturing, provide teachers with valuable educational resources and create other resources to promote manufacturing related careers. In addition, the appropriation in the bill is removed.