Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 94, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the establishment of new parent-community networking centers (PCNCs) and for the further development of existing centers.

Your Committee on Conference finds that PCNCs provide a vital link between schools and the communities they serve. Involving parents and other community members enriches schools, and allows them to better serve the specific needs of their respective student bodies.

Your Committee on Conference has amended the bill by appropriating $250,000 each for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. Your Committee on Conference has also deleted the specific allocations of these moneys to allow them to be expended more flexibly.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 94, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 94, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.