STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2894

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3091

S.D. 2

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. 3091, S.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 and intent of this measure is to enhance student profit-making pursuits at schools.

Specifically, the measure:

(1) Includes commercial enterprises among the authorized profit-making pursuits;

(2) Specifies that one authorized use of net profits from profit-making pursuits shall be the support of profit-making pursuit programs; and

(3) Provides that school credit may be granted to students engaged in the pursuits.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Marine Science Learning Center at Waianae High School, and five individuals.

Your Committee finds that students who participate in commercial enterprises may gain hands-on and real-world experience that is vital for post-secondary education and success in the workforce. Your Committee also finds that allowing students to earn school credit, compensation, or both, when engaging in profit-making pursuits will further incentivize student participation in those pursuits.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that a commercial enterprise shall comply with section 302A-448, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Clarifying that school credit may be granted to students engaged in permitted operations, either in addition to, or in lieu of, any net profits distributed to the students; 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. 3091, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3091, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair