STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2256

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2682

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. 2682 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYST POSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for two full-time equivalent permanent analyst positions within the Board of Education to staff and support the budgetary and school-community-related responsibilities of the Board of Education.

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

     Your Committee finds that, pursuant to Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, as amended, the Board of Education, among other parties, has been tasked with additional and different responsibilities.  Under the advent of the weighted student formula, the demand for specially-trained individuals to assist in budgetary duties has emerged as an issue of prominence.  Additionally, the Board of Education is responsible for the establishment and support of the School Community Council System, which also requires the attention of support staff to establish and maintain partnerships with the school communities and build support for public schools.  This measure appropriates funds for full-time equivalent analyst positions to assist the Board of Education in fulfilling its budgetary and school-community-related responsibilities.  Your Committee supports the execution of the mandates of Act 51 and its intended purposes.

     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. 2682 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