CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.182

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 522
                                  H.D. 3
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 522, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK
    OPPORTUNITIES PILOT PROJECT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the school-to-work
opportunities pilot project (Project) by:

     (1) Making the school-to-work opportunities executive
         council (Council) advisory in nature; and

     (2) Transferring management of the school-to-work
         opportunities staff to the Department of Education
         (DOE).


 
 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended the bill by:

     (1) Retaining the governance authority of the Council;

     (2) Changing the process of selecting the executive director
         from an appointment by the Superintendent to a process
         by which the Superintendent nominates a candidate and
         the Council approves or disapproves;

     (3) Deleting the requirement for the DOE to provide staff
         services for the Council;

     (4) Deleting the requirement for Project staff to provide
         intermediary services for employers and educational
         institutions;

     (5) Requiring the Council and the Superintendent to develop
         a transition plan and to agree upon it by July 1, 1999;

     (6) Deleting the appropriation for the operations of the
         Project; and
 
     (7) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for style and
         clarity.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 522, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 522, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair               KEN ITO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair             TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           IRIS IKEDA CATALANI, Co-Chair

 
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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Member       KENNY GOODENOW, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Member         MARK MOSES, Member



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SAM SLOM, Member