STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2952

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2280
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Technology and Labor and
Environment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2,
entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the development
of a school-to-work system in Hawaii, including a mechanism for
governance, management, and distribution of federal and state
resources.

     In doing so, this measure amends the powers of the School-
to-Work Executive Council (Council) and appropriates funds for
the Council.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, the Hawaii
School-to-Work Executive Council, the Hawaii State Teachers
Association, and the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce.

     Your Committees find that School-to-Work gives students
opportunities to have hands-on learning experiences in the
workplace and helps them see the connection between what they
learn in school and the work place.  This measure will allow
further development of School-to-Work activities that will
prepare Hawaii's students for successful careers and create a
skilled workforce that moves our economy forward.

 
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     Your Committees have amended this measure by deleting its
contents and inserting S.B. No. 2469, S.D. 2, a companion bill.
In doing so, your Committees:

     (1)  Removed the authority of the executive council to
          contract with another state entity for its
          administrative functions;

     (2)  Retained the provision authorizing the appointment of
          staff, but gave the appointing authority to the DOE
          with the executive council advising the DOE on such
          appointments;

     (3)  Clarified the executive council's power regarding the
          federal, state, and private resources as "seeking"
          rather than "receiving";

     (4)  Changed the executive council's authority to execute
          contracts to an advisory role to the DOE; and

     (5)  Changed the role of the executive council from a
          "governing" board to an "advocacy" board.

     Your Committee, however, retained the amendment in the House
version which clarified that the board of education and board of
regent members are ex officio voting members.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Technology and Labor and Environment
that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, as amended
herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form
attached hereto as H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Technology and Labor and
                                   Environment,



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BOB NAKATA, Chair                  DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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