STAND. COM. REP. NO.982
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 582
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 582, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CYBERSPACE ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage and develop an entrepreneurial-business oriented teaching program by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Education (DOE) to establish an academy relating to cyberspace entrepreneurs within the public school system for grades nine through twelve; and
(2) Appropriating an unspecified amount to fund the program for fiscal year 2001-2002.
DOE testified in opposition to the bill.
Your Committee finds that the entrepreneurial-business approach to learning has proven successful for that certain student population that is motivated by teaching methods executed in a business context. The proposed academy warrants the support of the State in fulfilling its mission to prepare our young people for the challenges of the twenty-first century workforce. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Appropriating an unspecified amount for fiscal year 2002-2003; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and consistency.
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. 582, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 582, S.D. 1, 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 |
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