STAND. COM. REP. NO. 723

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 222

 

 

 

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. 222 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PRESCHOOLS OPEN DOORS PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage positive healthy learning experiences for young children by appropriating funds to:

(1) Increase the number of child care subsidies available through the Preschools Open Doors Program;

(2) Pay for administrative expenses; and

(3) Provide parent workshops to recipients of child care subsidies in each county.

The Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children, Kamehameha Schools, Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Alu Like, Inc., Atherton Family Foundation, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this bill.

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. 222 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair