STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2119

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2432

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2432 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the law that establishes the Hawaii Institute for Educational Partnerships.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that this measure reflects a recommendation made by the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education in its November 2009 Annual Report.  The Hawaii Institute for Educational Partnerships has facilitated close working relationships between the College of Education and the Department of Education, as it was established to do.  Your Committees find that many of the Institute's functions are currently being performed by the College of Education through its Manoa Partnerships and other programs.  Your Committees support the cost-effectiveness and efficiency attained through this measure, especially in light of budget concerns.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2432 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing,

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair