STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1790

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1475
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK
     OPPORTUNITIES PILOT PROJECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the efficiency of the
School-To-Work Opportunities Pilot Project (Project) by
transferring the administration of the Project from the Hawaii
School-To-Work Opportunities Executive Council (Executive
Council) to the Department of Education (DOE).

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified
in support of this measure.  The Hawaii State Teachers
Association, DOE, and the Executive Council testified in support
of the intent of this measure.  The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that Executive Council's power to engage in
          activities that may be necessary or desirable to
          implement the functions of the Pilot Project and its
          plan of work shall be carried out through task groups
          organized around collaborative School-To-Work
          initiatives and identified outcomes;


 
 
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     (2)  Clarifying that the major staff services for the
          Executive Council will be provided by DOE, and the task
          group services may come from state agencies whose
          mandates also benefit from School-To-Work initiatives
          and identified outcomes; and

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

     Your Committee remains concerned about the availability of
federal funds after September 30, 2000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1475,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair