STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2461
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2475
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2475 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPRENTICESHIPS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to continue and expand health care apprenticeship programs at the University of Hawai‘i community colleges.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System, Department of Health, Hawai‘i Health Partners, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, Project Vision Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Your
Committee finds that apprenticeship programs approved by University of Hawai‘i
community colleges are composed of two major components: work process and related instruction. The work process component consists of
on-the-job training, while the related instruction component is the structured
class and laboratory or shop curricula.
Therefore, apprenticeship programs develop job skills through
theoretical and practical experiences.
Your Committee further finds that the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration awarded the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations a substantial grant to expand apprenticeship opportunities in information technology and health care. This grant helped to alleviate the shortage of physicians, pharmacy technicians, nursing assistants, paraoptometric technicians, medical laboratory workers, and community health workers. This measure further supports the development, education, and training for individuals looking to enter the health care field.
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. 2475 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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________________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair |
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