Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2284, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate an unspecified amount of funds to continue the Safety Resource Officer program (Program) in the central departmental school district.

Crimestoppers Honolulu, Inc., and many concerned citizens supported this bill. The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure. Hawaii Partners in Research and Evaluation offered comments.

Your Committee notes that the Program helps to ensure a safe and secure school environment for Hawaii's children. Your Committee supports the expansion of the Program to serve other school districts in addition to the central departmental school district.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by expanding the purpose for which funds are to be appropriated to include school districts statewide. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made 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 S.B. No. 2284, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2284, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.