STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2865

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2487

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2487 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Exempt Department of Education expenditures for the operation of school commercial enterprises from Hawaii laws pertaining to public officers and employees, public service, collective bargaining in public employment, the expenditure of public money and public contracts, and the Hawaii Public Procurement Code;

 

     (2)  Allow the Department of Education to transfer the net profits generated from for school commercial enterprises to other departmental funds; and

 

     (3)  Classify student interns as employees of the State when acting for an agency under the State Tort Liability Act.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will enhance the rigor and relevance of work-based learning as students engage in comprehensive, real-world immersive experiences, particularly in the areas of entrepreneurship and strategic commercial enterprise.  For purposes of clarification, your Committee notes that the procurement exemption only applies to cooperative agreements between the Department of Education and private sector partners.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 2487, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2487, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair