STAND. COM. REP. NO. 114-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1931

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1931 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARENT-COMMUNITY NETWORKING CENTERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the establishment of new parent-community networking centers and for the development of existing centers.

Your committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, the Koolau News, and numerous concerned citizens. Your committee received testimony that supports the intent of the bill from the Hawaii State Teacher's Association.

Your committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1931, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1931, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair