CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.57

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 843

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 843, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Education (DOE) with greater flexibility in setting the price of school lunches by authorizing DOE to:

(1) Set the price of a school lunch with the concurrence of the Board of Education; and

(2) Adjust the price of lunches based on the average cost of preparing the lunches over the three years preceding any price increase.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Authorizing the DOE to set the price of a school lunch to ensure that moneys received from the sale of the lunches may be up to one-half of the cost of their preparation;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 843, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 843, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair		____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair