STAND. COM. REP. NO. 169-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2124

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2124 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow for greater implementation of commercial enterprises in schools by deeming student interns engaged in a commercial enterprise to be employees of the State for liability purposes and allowing the Department of Education to use revenue from school commercial enterprises.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that there may be issues with liability that a business could face when employing a student intern through the Department of Education's commercial enterprise program. This measure will provide some degree of protection for businesses in situations where a student intern is injured or causes an injury while working for a business as part of the commercial enterprises program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 2124, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2124, H.D. 1, and 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