STAND. COM. REP. NO.  67-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3364

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 3364 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF INFORMATION OF FAMILY COURT RECORDS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN MINOR OFFENDERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for one position within the Department of Education (DOE) and one position within the Judiciary to serve as liasons between the family court and public and private schools.

     The Hawaii Association of Independent Schools supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committees urge DOE to adopt a strict confidentiality policy regarding family court records and respectfully request the Committee on Judiciary to further examine the intricacies of this measure, including specifics on who within DOE will receive and have access to information in family court records.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3364 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Housing and Education,

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair