STAND. COM. REP. 153
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1092
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 Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1092 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to allow home-schooled students to participate in extracurricular and co-curricular activities at the public school to which they would be assigned if they attended public school.
The Department of Education (DOE) and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee finds that home-schooled students currently do not have access to the types of activities offered in public schools. This bill would allow these students, whose parents pay state taxes, to enjoy the same range of activities enjoyed by public school students. However, your Committee does note that DOE needs time to adopt rules and establish the necessary information systems to implement the provisions of this bill.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring DOE to implement the provisions of this bill beginning with the 2004-2005 school year; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1092, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1092, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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