STAND. COM. REP. 1150
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1584
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1584, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Statutorily establish the Pre-Plus Early Childhood Education Program (Pre-Plus Program) within the Department of Human Services (DHS); and
(2) Appropriate funds for a support position for the Pre-Plus Program.
The Hawaii State PTSA, Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children, and the Good Beginnings Alliance testified in support of this measure. DHS and the Department of Education supported the intent of this measure. The Attorney General submitted comments.
Your Committees have amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1584, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1584, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
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