STAND. COM. REP. NO.  131

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 15

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 15 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fund special education teaching programs by creating the Felix Stipend Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund), into which shall be deposited moneys received as repayment from students who have breached their contractual agreements under the Felix Stipend Program.

     The Department of Education and University of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style, including classifying the fund        as a special fund, rather than a revolving fund;

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation to be deposited into the            Special Fund, to enable its operation; and

     (3)  Inserting an appropriation out of the Special Fund for         special education teaching programs.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 15, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 15, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Higher Education,

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair