CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 157-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    S.B. No. 2124

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Hawaii's students receive the education they deserve by restoring public school instructional days in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years that would otherwise be lost to furloughs pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA).  Specifically, this bill appropriates funds out of the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund (HHRF) to the public schools, including charter schools; provided that the funds shall only be released upon completion of all negotiations of the parties necessary to execute the restoration of instructional days pursuant to the collective bargaining process.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation out of HHRF to restore instructional days in the 2009-2010 school year that would otherwise be lost to furloughs;

     (2)  Specifying that $67,000,000 shall be appropriated out of HHRF to restore instructional days in the 2010-2011 school year that would otherwise be lost to furloughs;

     (3)  Deleting the specification that a certain amount of these funds be allocated to charter schools and other public schools;

     (4)  Removing the Charter School Administrative Office as an expending agency for the appropriation;

     (5)  Specifying that the moneys appropriated in this bill shall only be expended for the purpose of restoring public school instructional days for the 2010-2011 school year and shall not be transferred or used for any other purpose; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair	____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair