Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 874 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for fifteen permanent athletic health care trainer positions in the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that athletic trainers have proved to be an essential part of school athletics and invaluable in establishing viable athletic health care programs. Trainers have contributed to the health care of thousands of student athletes and have become an integral part of the health, nutrition, and safety of public school students. Your Committee also finds that the increase in the number of teams and participants in multiple athletic venues requires more athletic health care trainers. This bill provides the means to meet this increased demand.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 874 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.