STAND. COM. REP. NO.  276

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 329

      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 H.B. No. 329, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assure comprehensive sex education for Hawaii's youth, including providing them with reliable information regarding contraception and protection from sexually transmitted diseases, by requiring the State to reject all Title V federal funding for mandated abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

      The Department of Education, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, Hawaii Youth Services Network, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, American Association of University Women, Hawaii Division, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Women's Political Caucus supported this measure with amendments.  The Department of Health, Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, and Catholic Charities Hawaii opposed 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 H.B. No. 329, 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