STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1463

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 522, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer administrative
control of the school-to-work opportunities pilot project from
the Hawaii school-to-work opportunities executive council to the
Department of Education, and to make the executive council an
advisory body to the Board of Education and the Department, on
January 1, 2001.

     In addition, on January 1, 2001, this bill:

     (1)  Repeals the law requiring the members of the Hawaii
          school-to-work opportunities advisory council to be
          nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of
          the Senate, appointed by the Governor;

     (2)  Repeals the law giving the Hawaii school-to-work
          opportunities advisory council the power to appoint the
          executive director and staff of the school-to-work
          opportunities pilot project, and to adopt rules;


 
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     (3)  Allows the Superintendent of Education to appoint the
          executive director of the school-to-work opportunities
          pilot project, and allows the Department of Education
          to employ the other staff of the pilot project;

     (4)  Requires the Hawaii school-to-work opportunities
          advisory council to provide advice to the Board of
          Education and the Department of Education on a plan of
          work that may be carried out through task groups
          organized around collaborative school-to-work
          initiatives and identified outcomes; and

     (5)  Requires major staff services for the Hawaii school-to-
          work opportunities advisory council to be provided by
          the Department of Education, and allows task group
          staff services to be provided by appropriate advisory
          council member state agencies.

     On July 1, 1999, this bill:

     (1)  Requires the staff of the school-to-work opportunities
          pilot project to provide intermediary services for
          employers and educational institutions seeking to
          institute work-based learning curricula and placement;
          and

     (2)  Appropriates an unspecified sum to the Department of
          Education for fiscal year 1999-2000 for the school-to-
          work opportunities pilot project.

     Your Committee finds that transferring administrative
control of the school-to-work opportunities pilot project to the
Department of Education will:

     (1)  Allow the Hawaii school-to-work opportunities advisory
          council to concentrate its efforts on reforming
          education, developing the State's workforce, and
          stimulating economic development; and

     (2)  Make the Board of Education and Superintendent of
          Education totally and completely accountable for both
          the successes and failures of the school-to-work
          opportunities pilot project.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:


 
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     (1)  Deleting the term "pilot project" to indicate your
          Committee's intention that school-to-work be
          established as a permanent program within the
          Department of Education on January 1, 2001; and

     (2)  Deleting the term "opportunities" for clarity and
          changing the name of the advisory council to the
          "Hawaii school-to-work advisory council" and the name
          of the program to the "Hawaii school-to-work program"
          for simplicity, on January 1, 2001.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
522, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 522,
H.D. 3, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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