STAND. COM. REP. 2422
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2197
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Education and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2197 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL WORK-STUDY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish the school work-study program and special fund to provide students with paid work experience and employers with reliable entry-level workers; and
(2) Give first priority for participation in the program to students with a disability who are eligible for post-secondary transition services.
Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association. Your Committees received comments from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committees find it laudable to increase the amount and quality of work-study opportunities and the amount of reliable entry-level workers. Nevertheless, these worthy objectives can be accomplished without the creation of a special fund.
Your Committees have amended the measure by:
(1) Eliminating all references to the proposed special fund; and
(2) Clarifying that students in work-study programs are covered by the State's workers compensation law, whether working at state agencies or in private organizations.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2197, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2197, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor,
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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