STAND. COM. REP. NO.  255-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2407

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture & the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2407 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support fine arts education in schools from grades K-12 by appropriating funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to:

     (1)  Provide training and professional development for arts educators; and

     (2)  Fund the Artists in the Schools program.

The Department of Education, Hawaii Community Foundation, Bare & Core Expression, Artists in the Schools Program, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Arts Alliance, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Arts Alliance and one individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Revising the preamble to the measure;

(2)  Specifying that the appropriation for the training and professional development of arts educators are for those employed at public schools and public charter schools; and 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture & the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2407, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture & the Arts,

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair