Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to implement the recommendations of the Interagency Working Group regarding the transfer of functions specified by Act 51, Session of Laws of Hawaii 2004, the Reinventing Education Act of 2004, by:

DOE, DOH, DHS, Department of Human Resources Development, and AG testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure. B&F offered comments.

Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its entire contents with the language of H.B. No. 1863. As amended, this bill differs substantively from the measure as received by repealing, rather than delaying for one year, the transfer of B&F functions to DOE.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity and style.

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 S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.