STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1939-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2826

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and fund career development success programs to provide financial incentives for participating Department of Education and public charter schools to encourage ninth to twelfth grade students to complete qualified industry-credential programs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation, State Public Charter School Commission, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Society of Human Resource Management Hawaii, HawaiiKidsCAN, Special Education Advisory Council, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Education.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022; and

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

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. 2826, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair