STAND. COM. REP. NO.686
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 608
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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 608 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $41,247,070 in general funds to pay for the projected shortfall in the Felix Response Plan Program.
Your Committee received a letter from the Governor dated February 5, 2001:
(1) Stating that this appropriation will enable the Department of Education to provide services to the identified class of students per Felix Response Plan that fulfills the contempt order of the Felix Consent Decree;
(2) The Felix Response Plan and the additional funds requested will enable the State to meet the operational requirements; and
(3) Requesting immediate passage of this measure.
The Department of Education testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 for the
purpose of continued discussion;
(2) Authorizing the transfer of EDN 100 funds for fiscal year 2001; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 608, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 608, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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