STAND. COM. REP. NO. 866

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1585

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1585, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure the effectiveness of the State's workforce development and pathway development programs.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes and implements evidence-based performance metrics for Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education programs to allow better evidence-based assessments for its workforce and pathway development programs; and

(2) Authorizes the expenditure of Perkins V federal funds for the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education office to establish and implement evidence-based assessments of its workforce and pathway development programs.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development, University of Hawaii System, and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education.

Your Committee finds that creating performance metrics to measure the development of P-20 Partnerships for Education programs will promote accountability in state spending, ensuring that state moneys are used responsibly and efficiently.

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. 1585, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair