STAND. COM. REP. NO. 788

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1567

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1567, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to support the increase of workforce development pathways.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Authorizes the State Board for Career and Technical Education to represent the State and designate entities to allow the State to receive funds for career and technical education;

(2) Requires the State Board for Career and Technical Education to develop and implement workforce development pathways that align with regional economic development, assets, and facilities and address statewide initiatives and mandates;

(3) Amends the composition of the Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council;

(4) Appropriates moneys to develop and implement career and technical education workforce development pathways;

(5) Appropriates moneys for career and technical education workforce development pathways; and

(6) Appropriates moneys for differential pay increases for career and technical education teachers.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii State Teachers Association; and Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of the Attorney General, and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help to create statewide-aligned career pathways for students while in Department of Education schools that will continue through their post‑secondary education. Your Committee further finds that this early career and technical education will help fulfill Hawaii's workforce needs while building careers for participants.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Moving the placement of the Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the purpose of complying with section 6, Article V of the Hawaii State Constitution; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1567, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1567, 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