STAND. COM. REP. NO. 393-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2491
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
2491 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to set the price of school
lunches in proportion to the total cost of operating the school
food services program by allowing the Department of Education
(DOE) to adjust the price to maintain this proportion.  

     The price will be limited to one-third the cost of preparing
the lunches, rounded up to the nearest 25 cents.  The DOE will
continue to provide lower cost meals to those who qualify.

     The DOE testified in favor of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2003; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct
          drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2491, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2491, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education,



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair