STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 77

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 714

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. 714 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Remove the Department of Education (DOE) as a principal department of the State;

(2) Repeal the State Educational Facilities Improvement Special Fund (Special Fund) and require the transfer of moneys in the Special Fund to the credit of the General Fund; and

(3) Establish an educational restructuring and transition committee to review the structure of DOE and make recommendations to the Board of Education (BOE) and the Legislature on the implementation and transition of DOE to a political subdivision.

BOE submitted comments on this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will facilitate discussion among all concerned educational stakeholders and minimize disruption to the public schools as DOE makes the transition into a political subdivision of the State.

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. 714 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

		____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair