STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2134

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 17

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 17 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STUDY THE EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Senate Concurrent Resolution is to consider the needs of preschool age children with developmental disabilities by urging the Department of Education to study the educational implications of the special needs of preschool age children with developmental disabilities.

     Several concerned individuals supported this concurrent resolution. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Education is in opposition to this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 17 and recommend its adoption.

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

____________________________ LYLA BERG, Acting Chair and Vice Chair

____________________________ JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair