STAND. COM. REP. NO.  369-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2010

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2010 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to strengthen Hawaii's charter school authority, governance, and accountability infrastructure by establishing a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes governing charter schools based on the recommendation of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force.

The Governor, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Board of Education, Charter School Administrative Office, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii Technology Academy, and a concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Kamehameha Schools, and Hawaii Educational Policy Center provided comments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2010 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair