STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 173
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which
was referred S.R. No. 173 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND HAWAII P-20
PARTNERSHIPS FOR EDUCATION TO DEVELOP CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR
STUDENTS IN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION ACADEMIES TO SEAMLESSLY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the
Department of Education, University of Hawaii Community Colleges,
and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education to develop clear
pathways for students in Department of Education career and
technical education academies to seamlessly continue their
education in career and technical education programs at University
of Hawaii Community Colleges.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the University of Hawai‘i System and one individual.
Your Committees find that career and technical education
programs play an important role in the State's economy by
providing critical training to the State's labor force.
Presently, the Department of Education offers students up to
thirteen broad continuing and technical education pathways that
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provide students with vital skills needed to attain skilled, high-
wage careers in high-demand occupational fields. The University
of Hawaii also offers a wide array of continuing and technical
education pathways for community college students. However,
despite their mandates to provide career and technical education,
the University of Hawaii and Department of Education do not
provide a seamless transition for students to continue their
education after high school graduation. Therefore, this measure
urges the development of matriculation pathways to ensure
continuity of academic opportunities for all career and technical
education students.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Higher Education that are attached to
this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of
S.R. No. 173 and recommend its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Education and
Higher Education,
DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Education
EDU
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
SIL 113 6Du/rtR.e
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ______________________________________
The [^commendation is: *
1^ Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
KIDANI, Michelle N. (C)
KIM, Donna Mercado (VC)
HASHIMOTO. Troy N.
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim"
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL 1
Recommendation:
|_/f Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Higher Education
HRE
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
SR-ns edo/h-re 03 -2.1'2.^
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ______________________________________
The Recommendation is:
V Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
KIM, Donna Mercado (C)
KIDANI, Michelle N. (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
HASHIMOTO. Troy N.
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23