CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 131

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 1630

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1630, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to prepare students for the information technology age by providing a comprehensive project-based and student-centered learning program in which students are responsible for their own learning.  Specifically, this bill appropriates funds to be deposited into the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund (Fund) to maintain the Project EAST Program (Program) in existing schools and expand the Program to schools around the state.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of general funds to be deposited into the Fund, and out of the Fund, to $1,100,000;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1630, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1630, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair	____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair