THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

            COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                 Senator Bob Nakata, Chair
             Senator Marshall Ige, Vice-Chair

           COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
                 Senator David Ige, Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair


        DATE:    Thursday, February 11, 1999

        TIME:    1:30 p.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 225
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street


                  NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING

                        A G E N D A

S.B. 106   RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES            EDU/LRE,WAM
        Requires the school-to-work executive council to
        establish a clear mission statement, specific goals of
        the program, methods of appraising outcomes, methods
        to control expenditures; to require proper
        implementation of Act 344, SLH 1997; and to determine
        the effectiveness of safety studies.

S.B. 1475  RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK            LRE/EDU, WAM
        OPPORTUNITIES PILOT PROJECT
        Transfers the administration and supervision of the
        school-to-work opportunities pilot project from the
        Hawaii school-to-work opportunities executive council
        to the DOE.  Makes the Hawaii school-to-work
        opportunities executive council an advisory body to
        the BOE.

S.B. 173   RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES  LRE/EDU, WAM
        Provides a two-tiered tax credit system to employers
        participating in school-to-work (STW); biennium
        appropriation for STW, including funding to increase
        eight regional STW coordinators from ten to twelve
        months.


 
S.B. 548   RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK                 LRE/EDU,WAM
        Requires standardized worker readiness training
        approved by DLIR's HIOSH division.

S.B. 195   RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING         LRE/EDU, WAM
        Includes bargaining units 1, 5, and 7 in mechanism to
        resolve collective bargaining disputes by mediation or
        arbitration.

S.B. 1275  RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS      LRE/EDU, WAM
        Expands the current exemption from civil service to
        include employees of the Department of Education
        engaged in the distribution, collection, and counting
        of student and adult meal tickets on less than half-
        time basis.

S.B. 1638  RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL OFFICERS          LRE/EDU, WAM
        Addresses inequities of pay for educational officers
        by removing the requirement that a teacher promoted to
        educational officer shall receive at least 8% pay
        raise and establishing a classification system for
        educational officers.

        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 40 copies (single sided,
stapled, without holes) of their testimony to the vice-chair's
office, Room 217, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing.
Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to
the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659
(toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the
hearing.  When faxing, please indicate the date and time of the
hearing, the required number of copies needed for submittal, and
that the testimony be delivered to Room 217.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the chair's committee clerk 24
hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder.  A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the
measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for
shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CHAIR'S COMMITTEE CLERK
AT 586-7330.




 
 
 
                               _______________________________
                               Senator Bob Nakata, Chair
                               Committee on Labor and Environment



                               _______________________________
                               Senator David Ige, Chair
                               Committee on Education and
                               Technology