STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3264

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2513

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2513, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Department of Education with greater flexibility in administering and implementing the statewide school health services program.

Specifically, the measure:

     (1)  Repeals or modifies certain program operational requirements, including requirements relating to the administration of medication to students and school health aide compensation, work schedules, and leave allowances; and

     (2)  Repeals the requirement that the Superintendent of Education adopt rules for the program.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is responsible for establishing a statewide school health services program that provides first aid and emergency care, preventive health care, health appraisals and follow-ups, and health room facilities at public schools.  This measure gives the Department of Education the flexibility needed to provide health services that meet the diverse needs of student populations statewide.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the repeal of the requirement that the Superintendent of Education adopt rules for the statewide school health services program, and instead providing the Superintendent with the authority to adopt the rules; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2513, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2513, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair