STAND. COM. REP. NO. 963
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 236
H.D. 1
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. 236 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEX EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that problems such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases are addressed through medically accurate sex education courses and information taught and distributed by informational agencies that receive state funding.
The Department of Education and Planned Parenthood of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee notes that currently:
(1) A child's parents can review the material taught in a course on sex education; and
(2) A child's parents or other appropriate authority must sign a permission slip,
before the child can take a course in sex education.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 236, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 236, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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