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. 3256 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to create a school custodial training program on Oahu.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, the Hawaii Rural Development Project, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the custodial training program conducted by the Hawaii Rural Development Project has been producing commendable results on the neighbor islands, and an Oahu program would be a welcome addition to help ameliorate the current backlog of school repairs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by including an appropriation amount of $200,000.

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. 3256, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3256, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.