STAND. COM. REP. NO.  576-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2076

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2076, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESEARCH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education (DOE), University of Hawaii (UH), Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), and any other state agency as appropriate to share data to support research that will improve the educational and workforce outcomes and meet the longitudinal data requirements of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

     DOE, Workforce Development Council, UH System, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this bill.  The Early Learning Council and the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2076, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair