STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2255

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2580

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 S.B. No. 2580 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STEVENSON MIDDLE SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funding for the construction of a new administration/educational facility and multipurpose recreational facility for Stevenson Middle School.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by The Queen's Medical Center, Hawaii High School Athletic Association, Manoa Neighborhood Board No. 7, Stevenson Middle School, and fifty-seven individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is tasked with providing our public school students with an appropriate education that includes appropriate facilities to meet the needs of the school and its students.  Your Committee further finds that Stevenson Middle School is in need of funding for the construction of a new administration/educational facility and multipurpose recreational facility.  The funds will also allow the school to meet current educational specifications for classrooms, electrical, and communication upgrades and provide for the installation of new air conditioning systems.  Your Committee determines that this measure will expedite the construction of much needed new facilities on the Stevenson Middle School campus.

     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. 2580 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