STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1438

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 14

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to refine the Reinventing Education Act of 2004 with respect to the interdepartmental duties of the Departments of Budget and Finance and Education.

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education and the Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that the Interagency Working Group established under Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004", has recommended the repeal of the transfer of certain functions from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Education specified in Act 51, as amended.

     The Interagency Working Group recommended that certain fiscal functions should remain with the Department of Budget and Finance because the Departments of Education and Budget and Finance have improved interdepartmental fiscal processes and have also signed a memorandum of understanding that sets forth new procedures and requirements.

     This measure adopts the recommendation of the Interagency Working Group and amends Act 51 accordingly.

     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 H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair