CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 145

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2280
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to continue the development of
school-to-work initiatives in Hawaii by:

     (1) Clarifying the membership and powers of the School-to-
         Work Executive Council (Council); and 

     (2) Appropriating funds to the Council.


     Upon careful consideration, your Committee on Conference has
amended this bill by:


 
 
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     (1) Removing the Director of Human Resources Development
         from the membership of the Council;

     (2) Reinstating the Director of Human Services as a member
         of the Council; 

     (3) Changing the appropriation amount from $1 to $200,000;
         and

     (4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and
         clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members:         

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE



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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair             KEN ITO, Co-Chair



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BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair               DAVID MORIHARA, Co-Chair



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Co-Chair



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair