STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2341

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3092

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 3092 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow for greater implementation of commercial enterprises in schools by:

(1) Deeming student interns to be employees of the State; and

(2) Allowing the Department of Education to use revenue from school commercial enterprises.

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

Your Committees find that commercial enterprises provide students with the hands-on and real-world experiences that are critical to post-secondary and workforce success. Your Committees further find that the restrictions on students as interns in schools present undue obstacles to the implementation of commercial enterprises activities in schools. Accordingly, this measure will promote educational and career outcomes by clarifying the status of students engaging in commercial enterprises at school.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor, Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3092 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor, Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

________________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair