STAND. COM. REP. NO. 458-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2280
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Higher Education and Labor
and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2280
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue the development of
the school-to-work system created in the School-to-Work
Opportunities Act of 1994, P.L. 103-239.

     This bill renames the Hawaii School-to-Work Opportunities
Executive Council (Council) and updates its powers by:

     (1)  Allowing the Council to enter contracts with another
          state entity for its administrative functions;

     (2)  Allowing the Council to receive federal, state, and
          private resources; 

     (3)  Requiring that a representative of the Board of
          Education and a member of the Board of Regents of the
          University of Hawaii become Council members; and 

     (4)  Making other technical changes.

     This bill also:


 
 
 
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     (1)  Transfers the Council from the Department of Education
          to the University of Hawaii for administrative
          purposes; and

     (2)  Appropriates $200,000 for the Council to carry out its
          responsibilities.

     The Council sets the general direction and policy of the
School-to-Work Program by establishing rules and procedures for
its operation and continued development.

     The University of Hawaii and Hawaii's School-to-Work
testified in support of this measure.  The Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii supported the intent of this bill.  The Department of
Education commented on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Reducing the appropriation amount to $1 for the purpose
          of continued discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Higher Education and Labor and Public
Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2280, as
amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the
form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 1, and be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education,
                                   Higher Education, and Labor
                                   and Public Employment,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   KEN ITO, Chair
                                   

 
 
 
 
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DAVID MORIHARA, Chair              TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair