§371-17  Millennium workforce development
training program.  (a)  There is established a millennium workforce
development training program, hereinafter referred to as the program, that
shall be placed with the department of business, economic development, and
tourism for administrative purposes.  The program shall provide education and
training at the post-high school to graduate levels, and shall include public,
private, and for-profit educational institutions.  In the design and delivery
of training, the program may cooperate or contract with other public, private,
and for-profit institutions.



(b)  The program shall seek and encourage
partnerships with private sector industries such as biotechnology, information
technology, environmental science and technology, and telecommunications, as
may be appropriate, to provide pre-employment or employment training, or
on-the-job training for employees and prospective employees.



(c)  The department of business, economic
development, and tourism shall establish and lead a public and private
partnership task group, that shall include representatives from the department
of labor and industrial relations, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the
University of Hawaii community colleges, and private sector representatives to
advise on the program design, industry, recruitment, and training delivery
activities of participating entities.



(d)  In carrying out the duties of this
section, the department of business, economic development, and tourism and the
University of Hawaii shall seek and utilize any available funding sources,
including grant moneys. [L 1999, c 178, §12; am L 2001, c 249, §1]



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  Skilled worker and business development center at each
University of Hawaii community college.  L Sp 2009, c 34.