Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2200 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal the administrative rulemaking requirements for the Running Start program.

The Department of Education (DOE) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that to properly operate the Running Start program, DOE and the University of Hawaii (UH) need added flexibility to efficiently establish mutually agreeable programs without conflicting with existing statutes and policies. Eliminating administrative rulemaking requirements will help the DOE and UH to institute more effective educational programs under this important program.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2200 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.