STAND. COM. REP. NO.137
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 94
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. 94 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARENT-COMMUNITY NETWORKING CENTER PROGRAMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Education (DOE) for the establishment and development of Parent-Community Network Centers (PCNCs) and related positions.
Two individuals supported this bill. DOE supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee supports PCNCs as they foster meaningful relationships between parents, teachers, and others involved in the educational process. However, the specific details of the appropriation in this bill were based on outdated data and need to be changed to reflect the current needs of PCNCs.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Appropriating $1 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and $1 for fiscal year 2002-2003 for establishing and developing PCNCs;
(2) Deleting the figures for the specific allotment of funds;
(3) Deleting the provision for district coordinator positions on Maui and Kauai;
(4) Deleting funding for networking center facilitators on Kauai and Maui;
(5) Increasing the number of schools that currently do not receive funds from forty to forty-three;
(6) Increasing the number of part-time liaison coordinators from eight to sixteen;
(7) Adding a provision for a new family support resource teacher position;
(8) Adding a provision to change the ten-month PCNC resource teacher position to a twelve-month position;
(9) Adding a provision for a district coordinator in Kona;
(10) Adding a provision for program research and development; and
(11) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 94, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 94, 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 |