STAND. COM. REP. NO.  175

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 564

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 564 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide more flexibility to teachers to purchase school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies by allowing the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system for such purchases.

     The representative from the 27^th representative district testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Education did not support this bill.

     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. 564 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair