SENATE BILL NO. 1112 May 6, 1998, Introduced by Senators NORTH, STEIL, BULLARD, DUNASKISS, ROGERS, SHUGARS, SCHUETTE, GOUGEON, STILLE, GEAKE, MC MANUS and EMMONS and referred to the Committee on Human Resources, Labor and Veterans Affairs. A bill to establish a job skills assessment office within the Michigan employment service agency; and to prescribe the duties of that office. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 1. The job skills assessment office is established 2 within the Michigan employment service agency. The principal 3 executive officer of the job skills assessment office shall be an 4 employee of the Michigan employment service agency, who shall be 5 appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Michigan employment 6 service agency. 7 Sec. 2. The job skills assessment office shall do all of 8 the following: 9 (a) Assess the employment needs of employers in this state. 10 (b) Assess the job skills required by prospective employers 11 within this state. 06124'98 DMS 2 1 (c) Identify employers who may hire high school junior and 2 senior students before or immediately after those students are 3 scheduled to graduate from high school. 4 (d) Make available to all high school junior and senior stu- 5 dents within this state a list of employers described in 6 subdivision (c) and a description of the jobs those employers may 7 offer to high school students or high school graduates in this 8 state. 9 Sec. 3. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession 10 of, or retained by the job skills assessment office in the per- 11 formance of an official function is subject to the freedom of 12 information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. 06124'98 Final page. DMS