STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1138

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1487

      S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1487, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce costs and increase efficiency with respect to the use of public school facilities by, among other things:

     (1)  Specifying that the Department of Education (DOE) may open, close, or consolidate existing schools;

     (2)  Requiring that schools be closed or consolidated according to administrative rules adopted by DOE; and

     (3)  Establishing a procedure whereby a school and its school community council may propose a plan to avoid closure or consolidation.

     DOE opposed this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 1487, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair