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.R. No. 80 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution to urge the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigrations Service of the Department of Homeland Security to recognize Hawaii's Catholic schools as licensed schools in the State of Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended the resolution by removing its contents and replacing it with language requesting the Superintendent of Education and Board of Education to submit a plan to implement the Weighted-Student Formula to the Legislature twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2004.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the proposed amendments to the resolution from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that the Weighted-Student Formula is a promising student-centered approach to school financing that will improve educational service delivery by facilitating greater control and innovation at the school level.

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.R. No. 80, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 80, H.D. 1.