STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3055

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2928

S.D. 3

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2928, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for a working group to prepare and submit to the Legislature an implementation plan for agricultural career pathways.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii and Department of Education.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that a robust agricultural industry will require a well-trained workforce. Therefore, your Committee believes that it is appropriate for the State to plan to prepare young people for careers in agriculture.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Naming the working group the "agricultural careers working group";

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2928, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2928, S.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair