STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1087

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1164

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1164, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to remove barriers to educational attainment faced by children of military families due to frequent moves and the deployment of their parents by enacting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

     The Department of Education, Department of Defense, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Office of the Governor supported this measure with amendments.  The Department of the Attorney General offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the membership of the State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children by:

          (A)  Including a complex area superintendent from the Leeward district;

          (B)  Removing the representatives from Schofield Barracks, Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, and Marine Corps Base Hawaii; and

          (C)  Including a representative each from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy;

     (2)  Providing immunity to the compact commissioner and any person representing the State in the interstate commission in their individual or official capacity, and the member state, from suit and liability caused by or arising out of actions, errors, or omissions of the interstate commission;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2009; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1164, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1164, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair