Report Title:

DOE; Transportation

THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

98

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  
   

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN AFTER SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

 

 

WHEREAS, the Legislature acknowledges a survey conducted by the Afterschool Alliance, which finds that eighty per cent of voters believe that after school programs are a necessity and that it is very important to ensure access to these programs; two-thirds believe that there are an inadequate number of after school programs; and sixty per cent believe that taxpayers should bear a portion or all of the fiscal responsibility for those programs; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature further recognizes that students who participate in those activities are more likely to receive better test scores, attend classes, and go on to college; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education reports that in fiscal year 1999-2000, there were 36,243 students who participated in extracurricular activities in public schools; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that there are children who would like to participate in after school extracurricular activities but cannot do so due to transportation constraints; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is respectfully requested to provide suitable round-trip transportation for after school program users to and from departmentally approved activities and programs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, is requested to conduct a survey to include the following options:

(1) Changing bus schedules to accommodate after school activities, without increasing the number of bus trips;

(2) Determining the additional costs for extended and additional bus services;

(3) Determining the costs that parents or students are willing to pay; and

(4) Identifying the particular activities of sufficient interest that warrant modifying or adding the number of buses to benefit students and their families;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2002; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, and the Director of Transportation.

 

 
 

OFFERED BY:

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