STAND. COM. REP. NO. 887
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1136
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve public education through the operation of charter schools by:
(1) Creating an effective framework for overseeing and supporting new and existing charter schools by establishing a Task Force on Charter School Governance (Task Force) to identify and recommend revisions to the existing charter school law, and appropriating funds for the operations of the Task Force; and
(2) Ensuring more equitable and stable funding for the basic operations of new century charter schools by updating their funding mechanism and appropriating funds.
Kualapuu School, Kamehameha Schools, the Volcano School of Arts & Sciences, Hookakoo Corporation, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School supported this bill with amendments. The Charter School Administrative Office, Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Hawaii Government Employees Association AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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