STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO.919

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 929

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 929, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an after-school programs special fund to be administered by the Department of Education.

Specifically, this bill:

(1) Requires all fees collected for after-school programs administered by the Department of Education and operated at public schools to be deposited into the special fund;

(2) Allows the Legislature to appropriate general funds into the special fund to support the operations of the after-school programs; and

(3) Requires moneys in the special fund to be used to pay the expenses of the after-school programs, including salaries, personal services contracts, supplies, and other operating expenses.

Your Committee finds that creation of a special fund will benefit the State's highly popular and successful After-School A+ Program for latchkey children, by allowing the Department of Education flexibility to adjust monthly fees to cover program costs. This measure will also enable the After-School A+ Program to become more self-sufficient and less vulnerable to budget cuts caused by downturns in the economy.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 929, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair