STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1026

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 

 

RE:     S.B. No. 371

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 371, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide parameters and funding to the Department of Education for the establishment and implementation of a workforce development program within the Department of Education.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education McKinley Community School for Adults, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education, Workforce Development Council, and Executive Office on Early Learning.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will align educational curriculum with workforce readiness by allowing students in the State to earn a high school diploma concurrently with an industry-recognized associate degree and pre-apprenticeship certificates or other industry-recognized certificates.

 

     Your Committee notes that the estimated costs related to this measure include:

 

(1)  $194,404 for two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) Educational Specialist II positions in fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021;

 

(2)  $332,094 for seven full-time equivalent (7.0 FTE) District Office Teacher positions in fiscal year 2020-2021;

 

(3)  $250,000 for initial startup costs in fiscal year 2019-2020; and

 

(4)  $500,000 for operational costs in fiscal year 2020-2021.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that the schools designated by the Department of Education to participate in the program shall include community schools for adults;

 

(2)  Specifying that the sum appropriated shall be expended, in part, to fund two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) educational specialist II positions and seven full-time equivalent (7.0 FTE) district office teacher positions; and

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 371, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 371, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair