Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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 the measure is to remove the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) from managing Department of Education teacher housing and authorize the department to manage the housing.

Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, encouraged the transfer of educational functions in other departments to the Department of Education. Under the HCDCH, the teacher housing program has been an effective tool for retention and recruitment for isolated communities that have limited affordable housing for educational personnel. With concurrence from both the HCDCH and Department of Education, your Committee on Conference finds that the department is better suited to administer the program.

Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended the effective dates and required the department to submit its report to the 2007 Legislature.

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 S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.