STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1343-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2563

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2563, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operations of the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative (Initiative) to enable the Initiative to continue conducting training on all islands for teachers, school administrators, and students in agricultural self-sufficiency.

The Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Coffee Association, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., Maui County Farm Bureau, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii supported this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations offered comments.

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 S.B. No. 2563, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair