STAND. COM. REP. NO. 384

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 527

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 527 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to educate high school students on the principles and practices of business enterprises by establishing the Entrepreneurial Education Program (Program) within the Department of Education (DOE). Among other things, this bill:

(1) Directs the Superintendent of Education to appoint members to an Entrepreneurial Education Program Board (Board) that would direct the Program;

(2) Directs the Board to develop an entrepreneurial approach to learning;

(3) Specifies the qualifications for teachers to teach the courses; and

(4) Appropriates unspecified funds for the Program.

 

The Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui testified in support of this bill. DOE supported the intent of this bill, provided that the appropriations do not affect its budget priorities. The Hawaii State Teachers Association also supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the following as a qualification for teaching courses under the Program: any person with a minimum of five years of business experience who would be exempt from teacher licensing requirements; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 527, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 527, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair