STAND. COM. REP. NO.  876

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 4

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 4, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure educational stability and transferability for the children of military personnel who transfer to Hawaii by making permanent the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Compact).  This bill also amends the Compact by, among other things, clarifying military representation on the State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children within the Board of Education.

     The Department of Education; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; the Department of Defense State Liaison Office; The Oahu Veterans Council; the Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter; and the Hawaii State Commissioner for the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children supported this bill.  The general counsel for the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 4, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 4, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair