STAND. COM. REP. NO. 438

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 660

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 660 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA AND KA‘U SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funding to Hana High and Elementary School and Ka‘u High School to purchase vans for student transportation. 

     In all, this measure appropriates $100,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008 for this purpose.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received by the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that there is an urgent need to provide transportation for students attending Hana High and Elementary School and Ka‘u High School on the island of Maui to various field trips, athletic events, and to other activities.  It is the intent of your Committee to provide one van for Hana High and Elementary School and one van for Ka‘u High School.

     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. 660 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