Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 27 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Health to provide school health aides throughout the state with dependable substitutes in order to ensure that all school health rooms are staffed at all times by qualified health personnel.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the resolution from the Maui County Council and Hawaii Government Employees Association. Your Committees received testimony in opposition the resolution from the Department of Health.

Your Committees find that every effort should be made to ensure that school health aides have qualified substitutes available when they are unable to report for duty.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 27 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.