STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2301

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2057

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2057 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to give students enrolling in career and technical programs a preference or district exception for those programs in schools outside of the service area in which the student resides.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and a private individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has determined that seventy-two percent of the State's projected job openings through 2022 will require a high school diploma or less. Furthermore, forty-four percent of Hawaii high school graduates will not seek post-secondary education to receive the industry-based skills and certifications required to join the 21st century job market.  Therefore, students should be allowed to enroll in specific vocational programs that align with their interests and future goals, regardless of where they live.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Placing the definition of "career and technical education program" in Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A‑101; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2057, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2057, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair