STAND. COM. REP. NO.  18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 23

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 23 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety of children by:

     (1) Adding providers, subcontractors, and trainees from an institution of higher education to the list of individuals subject to criminal history record checks for purposes of employment with the Department of Education; and

     (2) Appropriating funds to conduct the criminal history record checks.

     The Department of Education testified in support of this bill.  The University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Excluding the reference to an institution of higher            education from the requirement for criminal history           record checks of trainees whose positions place them in          close proximity to children; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,              consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 23, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 23, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair