Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 486 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for nonschool-hour programs for children and youth.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Education, Office of Youth Services, Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and Hawaii Youth Services Network.

Your Committees find that the importance of establishing safe, structured learning environments for children and youth during the out-of-school hours is crucial to increase supervision in the morning, afternoon, evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Such programs during nonschool hours prevent or reduce risk factors and establish and strengthen positive factors for youth. Thus, your Committees believe that appropriating funds for nonschool hours will help provide supervision and a constructive environment for Hawaii's children and youth.

Your Committees note that this bill appropriates funds for fiscal year 2005-2006; however, your Committees request that a two-year funding cycle be considered.

Your Committees have amended the bill by adding appropriation amounts and sources of funding for the Department of Education, Office of Youth Services, and the counties.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 486, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 486, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.