STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1247
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: S.B. No. 723
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 723, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Codify the responsibility of the University of Hawaii community colleges to provide occupational training and certification programs designed to rapidly qualify persons to fill new and hard-to-fill classes of positions in the public and private sector that require technical skills; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the occupational training and certification programs.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the University of Hawaii to submit a report to the Legislature on the results of the rapid occupational training and certification programs; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 723, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 723, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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