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. 3020 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide staffing and facilities to ensure that multi-track schools provide a high-quality learning environment in communities with high population growth.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that adequate funding remains an issue for schools that implement multi-track schooling. One of the major purposes of the multi-track initiative is to save money through the efficiencies of the system. Accordingly, some of the revenues saved on behalf of the public school system should be transferred to multi-track schools, which should not be left to struggle for funding for staffing and facilities.

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. 3020 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.