STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1121

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 160

      S.D. 2

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. 160, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to afford the Department of Education (DOE) more flexibility in adjusting the prices of school meals in light of cost increases, by modifying the method by which the prices of school meals, both breakfast and lunch, are determined.

     The DOE supported this bill.

     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. 160, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair