1995-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 1738
SB 142                                                                       
Do pass (10):  Foster, Hanley, Mulder, Navarre, Grussendorf, Kelly,            
Brown, Therriault, Parnell, Kohring                                            
                                                                               
No recommendation (1):  Martin                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
A House Finance Committee letter of intent for HCS CSSB 142(FIN),              
signed by Representatives Hanley and Foster, Co-chairs, appears                
below:                                                                         
                                                                               
"It is the intent of the Alaska Legislature that it be acknowledged that:      
                                                                               
		(1)  Alaska's most important resource is its people and a                    
well-trained work force is essential for economic opportunity and the          
future fiscal well-being of the state;                                         
                                                                               
 (2)  if the state is to be competitive, it must continue to                   
produce a literate, reliable, skilled, and professional work force in          
order to meet the current and future needs of the state's employers;           
                                                                               
 (3)  to continue to produce a competitive work force, the work                
force development and education programs in this state must be                 
integrated to provide a comprehensive system of education and training         
opportunities necessary to maintain the readiness of the state's work          
force now and in the future;                                                   
                                                                               
 (4)  to maximize the effectiveness of education and job                       
training opportunities in the state, an alliance of available resources in     
the public and private sectors in the state is essential;                      
                                                                               
 (5)  the creation of an alliance of education and job training                
opportunities in the state is consistent with national efforts to              
consolidate federally funded programs into an integrated system to             
provide a single entity to address issues in these programs;                   
                                                                               
 (6)  the creation of the Alaska Human Resource Investment                     
Council will serve a vital role in forging such an alliance among all          
these programs to make training accessible to every Alaskan, to allow          
Alaskans, especially those persons in rural Alaska, to compete in the          
job marketplace."