Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2347 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education (DOE) to avoid a break in services due to a projected shortfall in DOE's budgeting for contract services for student bus transportation.

DOE and the Special Education Advisory Council supported 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. 2347 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.