STAND. COM. REP. NO. 979
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2007
RE: H.B. No. 19
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 19, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to revitalize school facilities statewide and to more effectively and efficiently use our taxpayers' investment in public education by:
(1) Providing for the timely construction, expansion, consolidation, or closure of public schools in Hawaii through an objective and transparent process that:
(1) Establishes a Facilities Alignment Commission (Commission) that will:
(A) Provide criteria for the selection of public schools to be constructed, expanded, consolidated, or closed; and
(B) Recommend a list of areas for school construction, expansion, consolidation, or closure, subject to the review of the legislature;
and
(2) Directs the Board of Education to begin the process of constructing, expanding, consolidating, or closing schools according to the recommendations of the Commission.
The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii and Economic Momentum Commission supported this bill. The Department of Education opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 19, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 19, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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