STAND. COM. REP. NO. 657

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 747

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 747, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to implement several recommendations of the educational workforce working group regarding workforce development issues.

 

Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Establishes and appropriates funds for a comprehensive database for tracking students from grades kindergarten to twelve and beyond as they move into the workforce;

 

(2)  Establishes and appropriates funds for a community-business exchange coordinator position in the Department of Education but housed by contract within a nonprofit organization;

 

(3)  Extends the Educational Workforce Working Group for two more years; and

 

(4)  Appropriates funds for other workforce initiatives.

 

     Your Committee received two written comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure increases cooperation among different executive branch departments in strengthening the connection between educational reform and a skilled workforce.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2090, to facilitate continued discussion on this matter.

 

     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. 747, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 747, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair