STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2282
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2662
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. 2662 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to modernize Hawaii's schools and classrooms with such items and services as textbooks, supplies, equipment, computers, software licenses, and services.
Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.
Your Committee finds that our keiki are our future, and providing them with a quality education is of great importance to their success and the success of the State. Education is a major priority of the State, and, although funding is not always readily available for all of the needs of the public, the State must do what it can to provide our public school students with the appropriate tools, equipment, and supplies necessary for them to attain high academic achievement. This measure appropriates funds for textbooks, supplies, equipment, computers, software licenses, and other necessary services to modernize our public schools. While available funding cannot provide for state-of-the-art educational materials, your Committee believes it is necessary to make this one-time appropriation to raise the standard of educational materials and related items and services to provide for adequate education in the public schools.
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. 2662 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 |
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