Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 146 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request members of Hawaii's congressional delegation to work to obtain additional funds necessary to meet the mandates of the Federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001."

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that the federal government has not provided sufficient funds to the states to support the full implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, especially given the additional data collection, assessment, and reporting required to be undertaken by the states. Your Committee further finds that this unfunded federal mandate comes at a time of fiscal crisis in many states, and therefore states are faced with cutting state and local educational programs in order to comply with federal mandates.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 146 and recommends its adoption.