CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 203-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 1865
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1865, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the financial operations of Hawaii's public school system and help achieve the goals of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, by creating a new chief financial officer position in the Department of Education (DOE) to meet the broad demands of managing DOE's budget and overseeing its financial operations, and a supporting secretary.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Inserting an appropriation of $115,000 for the assistant superintendent position to perform the functions of a chief financial officer;
(2) Inserting an appropriation of $43,000 for the secretary position to assist the assistant superintendent;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1865, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1865, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ KIRK CALDWELL, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair |
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