STAND. COM. REP. NO.  21

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1054

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1054 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide increased stability and predictability for principals and school community councils with respect to the weighted student formula by requiring the Committee on Weights to meet, thereby re-opening the weighted student formula, only once every odd-numbered year, rather than annually.

     The Department of Education supported this bill.

     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 H.B. No. 1054 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair