STAND. COM. REP. 827
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 292
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 292, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL PRIORITY FUND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Create the School Priority Special Fund (Special Fund) to provide discretionary funds for public schools to purchase books, equipment, and supplies; and
(2) Appropriate moneys into the Special Fund.
The Department of Education (DOE) and the Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the Special Fund and the appropriation into the Special Fund;
(2) Appropriating general funds to DOE to provide discretionary funds for public schools to purchase books, equipment, and supplies; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 292, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 292, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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