STAND. COM. REP. NO.  152-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2076

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2076 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESEARCH,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education (DOE), University of Hawaii (UH), and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to share data to support research that will improve the educational and workforce outcomes for the citizens of Hawaii and meet the longitudinal data requirements of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

 

     The Workforce Development Council of DLIR and DOE testified in support of this bill.  UH and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1) Including any other state agencies as appropriate in the data sharing requirements;

 

     (2)  Requiring all state agency directors to consider participation and data sharing for a statewide longitudinal system; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.   

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2076, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2076, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair