STAND. COM. REP. NO. 152
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 995
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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 995 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the accountability of new century charter schools by requiring them to be subject to:
(1) State and county laws regarding land use and zoning; and
(2) Audit and inspection by the Charter School Administrative Office, with respect to the accounting of funds expended for the procurement of goods and services.
The Ho'okako'o Corporation, Kualapu'u Elementary School, and Waimea Middle School supported the intent of this bill. The Charter School Administrative Office and Kamehameha Schools offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying that charter school expenses for the procurement of goods and services may be subject to audit and inspection by the Charter School Administrative Office; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
Your Committee respectfully requests the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources to investigate the implications of this bill in terms of the ability of charter schools to comply with land use and zoning laws.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 995, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 995, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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