CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 82-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2911
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2911, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to improve accountability for charter schools by requiring them to be subject to:
(1) County laws, codes, and rules governing land use and public health and safety to the extent that those laws, codes, and rules apply to other public schools; and
(3) Audit and inspection by the Charter School Administrative Office.
Your Committee on Conference finds that this bill will help to ensure that charter schools meet basic health and safety standards and land use regulations as required by the counties. Students at charter schools should be provided with a secure and healthy environment that is conducive to learning. Furthermore, this bill will help to clarify the responsibilities of charter schools inasmuch as the exemptions from state laws currently applied to charter schools are somewhat ambiguous.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Making charter schools subject to state land use laws;
(2) Deleting the qualification that charter schools only be subject to county laws, codes, and rules to the extent that the laws, codes, and rules apply to other public schools; and
(3) Making this bill effective upon approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2911, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2911, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
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