Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2113 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for equipment, supplies, and transportation for Department of Education athletic programs.

According to the Department of Education, there is inadequate funding of athletic equipment, supplies, and transportation, that has forced high schools to raise approximately $600,000 annually to support athletic programs. Additionally, many schools use equipment that is old and dilapidated, and is still in use only through the inventiveness of resourceful teachers and coaches.

This measure would provide the resources that have been lacking in years past to provide public schools with a strong and safe foundation for their athletic programs.

Your Committee has amended the bill by changing the appropriation to a blank amount for purposes of discussion and pending final disposition of the state budget.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2113, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2113, S.D. 1.