STAND. COM. REP. NO. 848-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2222
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2222, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Allow participants in the Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families (TAONF) program, which supports low-income, two-parent families, to obtain benefits under the Bridge to Hope Program (BTH), which expands existing student employment opportunities at University of Hawaii campuses; and
(2) Appropriate funds to BTH for the 2004-2005 fiscal year for its operation, including one position for outreach.
The University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, National Association of Social Workers, Welfare and Employment Rights Coalition, Kokua Council, Advocates For Consumer Rights, Commission on Diversity of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, University of Hawaii Student Caucus, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Human Services offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the unspecified appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2222, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2222, 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 Higher Education,
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____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Chair |
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