STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1503-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2720
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
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 Laws of Hawaii 2004, the Reinventing Education Act of 2004, by:
(1) Repealing the transfer of certain functions from the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F), Department of the Attorney General (AG), and Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Department of Education (DOE); and
(2) Delaying the transfer of school health aides and public health nurses from the Department of Health (DOH) to DOE.
DOE, AG, DOH, DHS, Department of Human Resources Development, and B&F testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure.
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 S.B. No. 2720, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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