STAND. COM. REP. NO.1143-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2139
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2139, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PRESCHOOLS OPEN DOORS PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enhance early childhood education services provided through the Preschool Open Doors Program.
Specifically, this bill appropriates funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 to the Preschool Open Doors Program to:
(1) Increase the number of child-care subsidies given;
(2) Pay administrative expenses; and
(3) Provide parent workshops to recipients of child care subsidies in each county.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children, and Hawaii Kids Watch testified in support of this measure. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of the measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical,nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, 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 S.B. No. 2139, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2139, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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