STAND. COM. REP. NO. 77
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1383
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1383 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to make a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Hawaii 3R's for school repair and maintenance.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii 3R's, the Principal of Lehua Elementary School, the Principal of Hale Kula Elementary School, the Assistant Principal of Kapolei High School, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that the backlog of repair and maintenance projects in the public schools continues to be a concern. Since 2001, Hawaii 3R's has been highly effective in leveraging state dollars, saving the State an estimated $36,700,000 in costs for school repairs and maintenance that otherwise would have been necessary for the State to pay if it were not for the work of Hawaii 3R's. The imputed school repair and maintenance savings to the State is equal to more than $12 worth of work completed for every dollar of state funding expended. This measure will support the continuation of Hawaii 3R's valuable work.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1383, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair |
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