STAND. COM. REP. NO.1262
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1084
S.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1084, S.D. 2, 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 additional funds to enable the Department of Education (DOE) to fulfill the requirements of the Felix v. Cayetano consent decree.
DOE, Department of the Attorney General, and Information Services HL submitted testimony in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the general fund expenditure ceiling provisions;
(2) Revising the appropriation for the Comprehensive School Support Services Program from $33,390,244 to $27,931,118 pursuant to the request of the DOE as set forth in its letter, dated March 19, 2001, to this Committee;
(3) Adding a new section indicating that funding for fiscal biennium 2001-2003 is dependent upon a demonstrated need and is reflected in the General Appropriations Act of 2001; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 1084, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1084, S.D. 2, 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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