Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 228 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the School Readiness Task Force (Task Force) to conduct a study on the sources of funding available for child care and early childhood education and evaluate the manner in which the various sources may be better coordinated to optimize positive results for children.

The Good Beginnings Alliance and a concerned individual testified in support of this concurrent resolution. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Education (DOE) opposed this measure.

Testifiers agreed that the Task Force is currently conducting much of what is requested of it in this measure. DOE explained that the Task Force is already focusing on various funding strategies and believes this concurrent resolution is duplicative and unnecessary, and other testifiers agreed with this position.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 228, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 228, H.D. 1.