STAND. COM. REP. 1456
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 17
S.D. 1
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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 17, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Make kindergarten attendance mandatory; and
(2) Require a child entering kindergarten in the public school system to be five years of age on or before September 1 of the year in which the child enters kindergarten, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year.
The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill. Good Beginnings Alliance opposed this measure.
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 S.B. No. 17, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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