STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1358

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1475
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No.
1475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK
     OPPORTUNITIES PILOT PROJECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer the executive
director and staff of the Hawaii school-to-work executive
council, including their records and equipment, from the
executive council to the Department of Education.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Repeals the law giving the executive council the power
          to establish and set the general directions and policy
          for the executive director;

     (2)  Repeals the law giving the executive council the power
          to appoint the executive director and staff of the
          school-to-work opportunities pilot project;

     (3)  Requires the Department of Education to employ an
          executive director and authorizes the Department to
          employ other staff for the pilot project; and

 
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     (4)  Repeals the law giving the executive director the power
          to make, execute, enter into, amend, supplement, and
          carry out contracts and other instruments.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the
University of Hawaii, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.
Your Committee received testimony in support of the concept of
this bill from the Department of Education, the Hawaii school-to-
work opportunities executive council, and the Hawaii State
Teachers Association.

     Your Committee finds that transferring the power to appoint
and supervise the executive director and staff of the school-to-
work opportunities pilot project from the Hawaii school-to-work
opportunities executive council to the Department of Education
will allow the executive council to concentrate its efforts on
reforming education, developing the State's workforce, and
stimulating economic development.

     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 S.B. No.
1475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it 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

 
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