STAND. COM. REP. NO. 777-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2280
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2280, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

     The Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in support of
the bill.  The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent
of the bill.  The Department of Education (DOE) the University of
Hawaii, Hawaii School-to-Work, and the Hawaii State Teachers
Association testified in support of the bill but suggested that
the program be kept within the DOE for administrative purposes.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Keeping the School-to-Work program in the DOE for
          administrative purposes; and

     (2)  Changing the expending agency to the DOE for
          consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2280, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 
 
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Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2280, H.D.
2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair