STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2994

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2369

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2369 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AFTER-SCHOOL PLUS PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require funds deposited into the After-school Plus Program Revolving Fund to include only funds collected as fees or charges for participation in the program and interest earned on the revolving fund deposits.

     This measure also:

     (1)  Clarifies that the revolving fund is part of the state treasury; and

     (2)  Clarifies that the After-school Plus Program funds shall be used to support the program.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that the After-school Plus Program of the Department of Education provides after-school child care and activities for eligible low-income and latchkey children.  The Program is supported by the fees and charges and other moneys deposited into the Program Revolving Fund.  Currently, the law provides for the deposit of general funds into the revolving fund; however, such deposits are problematic as they render the fund, essentially, not a true revolving fund.  This measure requires that the revolving fund include only funds collected as fees or charges for participation in the program and interest earned on the revolving fund deposits.  Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the revolving fund to satisfy the criteria for being a true revolving fund.

     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 H.B. No. 2369, 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