STAND. COM. REP. NO.  938-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2519

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2519, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO EARLY LEARNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support early learning in the State by making an appropriation for the Early Learning Council and the Governor's Early Childhood Coordinator to further develop and implement the components of a comprehensive early childhood system, among other things.

The Governor, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, the Early Learning Council, and Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation amount;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate continued discussion;

     (3)  Amending the title to conform to standard drafting conventions by correcting a typographical error; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2519, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2519, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair