Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1008 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assure that health aides will be provided in all public schools, including all new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools.

The Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science Public Charter School testified in support of this bill. The Department of Education supported the intent of the measure.

Your Committee finds that there may be an oversight in not providing new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools with public health aides. Your Committee suggests that the Department of Health assist in providing guidelines on an appropriate ratio of students to health aides and on the school health services that should be provided in schools, whether public or charter.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1008 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.