Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 276 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $800,000 to the Department of Education (DOE) so that all elementary schools in the State will have playground equipment that meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and the guidelines of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from DOE, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii State Parent, Teacher, and Student Association, and several individuals.

Your Committee finds that this bill will provide needed equity for students with disabilities and improve health and safety for all students using playground equipment.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 276, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 276, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.