Currently Hawaii spends over $1.7 billion a year on public primary and secondary education. Millions of dollars go toward funding for science, technology, education and mathematics training. But while the state is spending to create engineers, the Jones Act is helping eliminate those jobs.

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Hawaii spends millions of dollars every year on science, technology, education and mathematics training. But while the state is spending to create engineers, the Jones Act is eliminating those jobs. The engineering sector of Hawaii’s economy bears between $2.2 million and $6.1 million in costs annually due to Jones Act restrictions. These higher costs reduce demand for engineers, costing the sector as many as 42 jobs.

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This data was the result of the groundbreaking independent new study produced by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, “Quantifying the cost of the Jones Act to Hawaii.”