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. 945, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to designate a percentage of tobacco settlement moneys to be used for nonschool-hour programs for sixth to eighth graders to be administered by:

OYS, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Box Car Racing International, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. DOE submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance and American Heart Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee recognizes the importance of structured programs and activities during nonschool hours for children and youth to prevent or reduce risk factors and establish and strengthen positive, protective environments for them.

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. 945, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.