REPORT TITLE:
School-to-Work Support



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                           S.R. NO.              S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  RESOLUTION

  SUPPORTING THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK
    OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM THROUGH THE DESIGNATION OF STATE AND
    COUNTY WORKSITES AS SCHOOL-TO-WORK SPONSORING AGENCIES. 


 1        WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that as we approach a new
 2   millennium, the world continues to become a more competitive
 3   marketplace requiring a skilled and knowledgeable workforce;
 4   and
 5   
 6        WHEREAS, the need to provide educational services to teach
 7   these skills at both the secondary and post-secondary education
 8   levels becomes increasingly evident; and
 9   
10        WHEREAS, if Hawaii is to compete in the global economy, we
11   must redirect traditional learning schematics and create
12   innovative educational models that will help not only the
13   student but promote partnerships among educational
14   organizations and with business as well; and
15   
16        WHEREAS, these cooperative partnerships will provide the
17   kind of educational redirection needed to address our future
18   educational concerns; and
19   
20        WHEREAS, the Legislature also finds that the University of
21   Hawaii community colleges, the Department of Education, and the
22   Department of Human Services will play a pivotal role in the
23   development of new educational models, drawing on successful
24   programs such as the Secretary's Commission on Achieving
25   Necessary Skills and School-to-Work-Opportunities; and
26   
27        WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services has established
28   a program called "Work+", that provides public assistance
29   recipients with job and training opportunities; and
30   
31        WHEREAS, Work+ benefits both the public assistance
32   recipient and the employer by providing the recipient with "on
33   the job" training with no wage expense for the employer; and
34   
35        WHEREAS, Governor Cayetano has enthusiastically supported

 
 
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 1   the Work+ program by directing all state agencies to utilize
 2   Work+ program participants as job training sites; and
 3   
 4        WHEREAS, if similar support is provided to School-To-Work
 5   Opportunities participants, the program would be able to
 6   provide a larger spectrum of career choices and experiences to
 7   interested students; now, therefore,
 8   
 9        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
10   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 1999, that the
11   Governor fully support and implement the School-to-Work
12   Opportunities program by designating state worksites as
13   School-to-Work sponsoring agencies; and
14   
15        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayors of Hawaii County,
16   Maui County, Kauai County, and the City and County of Honolulu
17   fully support the School-to-Work Opportunities program by
18   designating their respective county worksites as School-to-Work
19   sponsoring agencies; and
20   
21        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
22   Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Superintendent
23   of Education, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, the
24   Director of Human Services, the President of the University of
25   Hawaii, the Mayors of each county, and the Chairperson of the
26   School-to-Work Opportunities Executive Council.