CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 94

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1665

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1665, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

 

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 Act is to enhance the workforce development capacity of Hawaii's community colleges by:

 

     (1)  Establishing a skilled worker and business development center at each community college to provide workforce development to meet the rapidly evolving needs of both employers and employees;

 

     (2)  Establishing an advisory board for the skilled worker and business development center;

 

     (3)  Requiring a progress report to the 2010 Legislature; and

 

     (4)  Appropriating unspecified moneys out of the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383‑123(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of the Act.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that skilled worker and business development centers that would be established by this measure are particularly critical in responding to the economic downturn that the State faces in the foreseeable future.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating $2,400,000 for fiscal year 2009-2010 out of the unemployment trust fund, with $200,000 to each community college of the University of Hawaii System; and

 

     (2)  Making the effective date of this Act July 1, 2009.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1665, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1665, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair

 

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair