Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 360 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Reusable Resource Center on state property through a public-private partnership, to collect and distribute recyclable materials for teachers and others to use as tools for creative learning in classrooms and the community.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, Estate of James Campbell, Maui Recycling Group, Inc., Hawaii Computers for Kids Program, Hawaii Organization of Grant-Seekers, International Design Sources, Kama`aina Kids, numerous Department of Education personnel, and concerned private citizens. The Department of Education, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that recycled materials can often be used in practical and creative ways. Using recycled products will teach Hawaii's children the value of a sustainable environment and demonstrate ingenuity for alternative uses of materials.

Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that the Reusable Resource Center will be staffed by department employees or individuals from the community on a volunteer basis.

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. 360, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 360, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.