STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2063

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2188

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2188 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a workforce readiness program within the Department of Education's Community School for Adults program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, McKinley Community School for Adults, Waipahu Community School for Adults, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and fourteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that students in the State would benefit from increased opportunities to access workforce readiness training. Your Committee further finds that effective workforce readiness training requires collaboration among administrators, educators, and employers. Accordingly, your Committee finds that the workforce readiness preparation provided by this measure will help students across the State in transitioning from the classroom to the workforce by offering training, credentialing, and industry connections.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting a blank appropriation amount.

Your Committee notes that the estimated appropriation required for this measure is $200,000.

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. 2188, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2188, 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