STAND. COM. REP. NO.  462

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 691

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 691, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help mitigate youth suicide in Hawaii by appropriating general funds to the Department of Education (DOE) for suicide prevention services.

     The Hawaii Youth Services Network and a concerned individual supported this bill.  DOE supported this measure with amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $120,000;

     (2)  Specifying that the appropriation is to be used for the restoration of a peer education program resource teacher and a full time clerk-typist to support suicide prevention services within DOE; 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 Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 691, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 691, H.D. 2.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair