STAND. COM. REP. NO.374
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1562
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. 1562 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LAPTOPS FOR LEARNING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to make an appropriation for the "Laptops for Learning" program.
Shafter Elementary School, James Campbell High School, Moanalua High School, Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School, St. Clement's School, Axean Pacific, Cyberspace Enterpreneurs, and twenty-nine concerned citizens testified in support of this bill. The Department of Education opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds that this bill will:
(1) Provide constant access to computer technology for classroom use;
(2) Promote a means to nurture a technologically-skilled workforce; and
(3) Reduce the digital divide by providing opportunities for all regardless of economic status.
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. 1562 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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