STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1192

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 777

      S.D. 1

      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. 777, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY HEALTH EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the delivery of accurate sex education information by requiring sexuality health education programs that receive state funding to provide medically-accurate, factual, and age-appropriate information that includes education on abstinence, contraception, and methods of disease prevention.

     An individual member of the Board of Education, the National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, Hawaii Women's Political Caucus, Hawaii Youth Services Network, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  Catholic Charities of Hawaii, the Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     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. 777, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it 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