STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1007-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2527

      S.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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2527, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure the full and efficient use of public school facilities by requiring:

     (1)  That unused public school facilities be made available to pre-plus programs in addition to charter schools prior to sale by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

     (2)  The Department of Education to identify and give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of unused public school facilities available for use by early learning programs and other purposes deemed appropriate by the Board of Education in addition to charter schools.

The Department of Education and Department of Human Services supported this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs opposed this measure.

     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. 2527, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair