Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 37, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address overcrowding of Maui's public high schools, especially in the community of Kihei.

Specifically, this measure requests the Department of Education to enter a lease/purchase agreement for a new public high school in Kihei, Maui, to be funded by the issuance of certificates of participation.

Your Committee finds that students who live in the Kihei community need to commute long distances to either Baldwin High School or Maui High School, both of which are already over capacity. As the population of Kihei continues to grow, the need for a high school in Kihei becomes more critical. However, your Committee finds that, due to the scarcity of funding resources, it is necessary to investigate alternate means of financing a new high school in Kihei, Maui.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the title of this measure to read:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 37, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 37, S.D. 2.