STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2602

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2349

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow home-schooled students who meet certain requirements to participate on an equal basis in extracurricular activities offered at the public schools that they would otherwise be required to attend.

This measure also requires the Department of Education to consult with the Athletic Directors and Coaches Association of Hawaii and other agencies and organizations in adopting rules to implement the purpose of this measure.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Athletic Directors and Coaches Association of Hawaii, Castle High School, Maui Interscholastic League, and one concerned individual.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure would allow home-schooled students to have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities, such as team sports, that would otherwise be unavailable to them.  Your Committee finds that it is appropriate to require students wishing to participate to meet certain requirements, such as maintaining appropriate grades and paying appropriate fees.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair