STAND. COM. REP. NO. 442

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1092

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1092 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for the repair and maintenance of Hawaii public schools.

     Specifically, this measure extends the lapse date on the appropriation made in Act 246, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, for the repair and maintenance of Department of Education school facilities from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2008. 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. 

     Your Committee finds that the sum appropriated was allotted in December 2006, giving the Department of Education a mere six months to encumber the $40 million.  This expenditure is necessary for the repair and maintenance of the State's public schools.  Extending the lapse date to June 30, 2008, would help the Department fulfill the purposes of the Act and meet the needs of the State's public school facilities.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1092 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair