STAND. COM. REP. NO. 298-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2821
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
2821 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A PILOT SCHOOL-TO-CAREER
     PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a pilot School-to-
Career Program (Pilot-Program) in the Honolulu district high
schools.

     The Honolulu District School-to-Career Council, Hawaiian
Electric Company, and individuals supported this bill.  The
Hawaii State Teachers Association, Department of Education, and
the Hawaii School-to-Work Executive Council supported the intent
of this bill.

     Your Committee finds that this Pilot Program is a positive
step toward engaging students in their studies.  School-to-career
initiatives are founded on the concept that students learn the
most when they are provided with classes that allow them to make
significant choices about the direction of their education.  The
proposed Pilot Program would do that by having students actively
participate in their curriculum and by integrating practical
skills with more traditional academic learning.  

     Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting the
appropriation amount of $1 for the purpose of further discussion.
Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments have also been made
for the purposes of clarity and style.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2821, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2821, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair