STAND. COM. REP. NO.  291-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2441

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2441 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect students who work for a public employer as part of the student's school-approved work-based learning program, by making the State the responsible employer for purposes of workers' compensation coverage.

     The Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of this bill.

     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 H.B. No. 2441 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair