Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Economic Development and Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 90 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council (Council) of the University of Hawaii to review and report on the capacity and alignment of public workforce education programs and services, and to recommend to the Department of Education (DOE) and the Board of Education general policy and program measures to respond to current and future economic and workforce needs.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the DOE.

The DOE agrees that education must be a part of workforce and economic development. Having a highly skilled workforce is vital to the State's efforts to attract new industries and support the growth of the economy. The DOE's current Career and Technical Education reform efforts are focused on creating and implementing a Career Pathway System to provide a P-20 educational framework.

Your Committees note that the DOE has agreed to work closely with the Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council of the University of Hawaii to address the intent of this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Economic Development and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 90 and recommend its adoption.