Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2704 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the account established for the school-level minor repairs and maintenance program is no longer funded by general funds.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that the repeal of these accounts will provide public schools with more flexibility in spending their resources. School principals and the school community councils will now make the decision on how best to spend these funds.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2704, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2704, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.