STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2777

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2469
                                        S.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2469, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the development
of School-to-Work by refining Hawaii's School-to-Work law.

     Specifically, this bill amends the powers of the School-to-
Work Executive Council and provides that the Department of
Education shall appoint staff and that the Executive Council
shall act as the advocacy board for the School-to-Work system.
The measure also appropriates funds to the School-to-Work
Executive Council.

     Your Committee finds that School-to-Work gives students
opportunities to have hands-on learning experiences in the work
place 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.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:


 
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     (1)  Deleting the provision making the Executive Council an
          advisory council to the Board of Education and the
          Department of Education; 

     (2)  Providing that the Executive Council shall seek state,
          federal, and private resources, advise the DOE on staff
          appointments and contracts;

     (3)  Deleting the provision requiring the DOE to provide
          "major staff services" for the council;

     (4)  Deleting language requiring the School-to-Work staff to
          provide intermediary services for employers and
          educational institutions concerning work-based
          curricula and placement;

     (5)  Deleting language that transferred all rights, powers,
          functions, duties of the Executive Council to the
          Department of Education;

     (6)  Appropriating funds to the Executive Council, instead
          of the "school-to-work opportunities pilot project";
          and

     (7)  By making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2469, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2469,
S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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