STAND. COM. REP. NO.  53

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1482

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1482 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for training teachers and school administrators in agricultural self-sufficiency through the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative.

 

     The Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Coffee Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Farmers & Ranchers United testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1482 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Education.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair