Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 843 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow for the recovery of school lunch costs by authorizing the Department of Education (DOE) to raise the price of a school lunch by up to one-half of the cost of preparation.

DOE testified in support of this measure.

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 H.B. No. 843 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.