STAND. COM. REP. NO. 236-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2374
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2374 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the
University of Hawaii Community Colleges System.

     In particular, this bill appropriates funds for the
establishment and operation of the Pacific Center for Advanced
Technology Training in the University of Hawaii Community
Colleges System and for the continuing development and
implementation of a Pacific aerospace training center at Honolulu
Community College.

     Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure
from the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Association of
Realtors.

     Your Committee finds that workforce development is a
critical aspect of economic development, and that a technically
skilled workforce is a strong incentive in attracting new
businesses to Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that there is
an immediate need to create an environment that facilitates the
design and delivery of training that is customized to the needs
of employers.  Your Committee finds that this bill makes a clear

 
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statement that the State is committed to design and deliver
state-of-the-art training to support the development of high
technology jobs in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2374 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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