S.C.R. No. 147 - Summary

• Encourages the Department of Education to partner school complex areas with neighboring industries to create K-12 complex area career pathways aligned with workforce readiness requirements.

• Encourages the Department of Education to plan, design, and construct an applied technology center at school complexes specializing in complex career pathways to simulate existing and future workplaces.

• Cites national data showing 92 percent of executives report a jobs skill gap, nearly 60,000 annual agriculture job openings, and over 1 million cybersecurity job openings in 2016.

• Notes Hawaii's goal to create 80,000 new jobs with salaries over $80,000 in technology and innovation by 2030, despite having a projected 27 percent shortage of skilled workers by 2020.

• References existing examples including Leilehua High School's cybersecurity and agricultural technology pathway with the National Security Agency Hawaii, and Waipahu High School's partnerships for transportation and medical technology pathways.