STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2271

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2652
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Environment and Education and
Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 2652 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the development
of a school-to-work system in Hawaii, including the mechanism for
governance, management, and distribution of federal and state
resources.

     Testimony in favor of the measure was received from the
Department of Education, University of Hawaii, Hawaii School-to-
Work, and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

     The School-to-Work program has afforded many students in the
secondary school system exposure to various careers and the
opportunity to explore and gain work experience at business
sites.  This measure transfers the administration of this program
to the University of Hawaii, amends the composition of the
council, authorizes the council to contract out administrative
functions, authorizes the receipt of federal, state, and private
resources, and appropriates funds to carry out the council's
responsibilities.  Your Committees are in agreement that this
measure is necessary to continue and realize the full potential
of the program.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Environment and Education and Technology

 
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that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2652 and recommend that
it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and
                                   Environment and Education and
                                   Technology,



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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair                BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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