STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1945-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3091

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3091, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Include commercial enterprises in profit-making operations that students may engage in at schools;

(2) Clarify that profits from agricultural, industrial, and commercial enterprise pursuits can be used to support the agricultural, industrial, and commercial enterprise pursuit programs directly; and

(3) Allow students to receive school credit in addition to, or in lieu of, any net profits when engaging in profit-making operations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3091, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair