STAND. COM. REP. NO. 722-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2874
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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2874 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BROADBAND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Broadband access to public schools; and
(2) The means necessary for technology-based learning in public schools, including the provision of laptop computers to public school students.
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Olelo Community Media, PBS Hawaii, and several concerned individuals provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that the term "laptop computers" means portable computer devices; and
(2) 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. 2874, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2874, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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