STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1506
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1136
H.D. 3
S.D. 2
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 H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to make clarifying amendments to the new century charter school law.
Generally, the measure:
(1) Creates a more rigorous standard for the chartering of additional new century charter schools;
(2) Allows qualified personnel to move freely between department schools and new century charter schools;
(3) Enables new century charter schools to propose their own weighted student formula;
(4) Convenes a working group to review the state auditor's recommendations regarding the charter schools' exemptions from state laws;
(5) Brings new century charter schools closer to a more equitable and stable funding level;
(6) Allows charter school employees to participate in the State's workers' compensation system; and
(7) Complies with federal regulations to enable charter schools to receive federal grant moneys under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Upon due consideration, your Committee has amended the bill by replacing its contents with S.B. No. 1643, S.D. 2, with minor amendments. Your Committee finds that the senate version more closely aligns itself with, and responds, to the concerns of new century charter schools.
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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1136, H.D. 3, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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