STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 285

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1132

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. 1132 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to broaden the Department of Education's (DOE's) authority over capital improvement projects by:

(1) Creating the Education Design and Construction Project Assessment Revolving Fund, to allow the Superintendent of DOE to make assessments on construction projects to meet the costs of non-general fund employees who carry out construction projects managed by DOE;

(2) Moving the State Educational Facilities Improvement Special Fund from the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) to DOE;

(3) Changing the State Educational Facilities Repair and Maintenance account from Program ID 100 (School Based Budgeting) to Program ID 400 (School Support), to simplify the administering of funds relating to repair and maintenance;

(4) Making DOE responsible for the operation and maintenance of capital improvement and repair and maintenance programs; and

(5) Making DOE responsible for the six-year program and financial plan for school repair and maintenance, and for prioritization of repair and maintenance, instead of DAGS.

DOE testified in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed 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. 1132 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair