STAND. COM. REP. NO.302
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 11
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 11 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Statutorily establish the Hawaii State Student Council (Council); and
(2) Repeal chapter 317, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), relating to the Secondary Student Conference (Conference), and incorporate its provisions with the establishment of the Council.
The Council and several individuals supported this bill. The Department of Education (DOE) and one individual supported the intent of this bill. One individual opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds that although the Council has been operational for many years, it has never been officially codified into the HRS. And although it enjoys the support of the DOE, statutorily establishing the Council will ensure its continued operation. Furthermore, the DOE does not anticipate any additonal costs to result from the passage of this bill as the resources required under the new statute are already provided by the DOE.
Your Committee further finds that when education laws were recodified in 1996, chapter 317, HRS, was overlooked. Repealing chapter 317 and incorporating its contents into chapter 302A would finally fix that oversight.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the intent of this bill;
(2) Providing for representation from private schools in the Council and Conference;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2002; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 11, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |
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