STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2159

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2889

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2889 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to transfer all land and facilities thereon used by the Department of Education to operate the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two organizations.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that in light of the budget shortfall, funding for the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center is scheduled to fall off significantly, leaving the facilities either unused or underutilized.  Your Committees find that despite the harsh realities of the current budget situation, opportunities for efficiency also exist.  This measure takes advantage of such an opportunity by meeting a need for facilities by the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences by use of an underutilized facility.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2889 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair