STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1554-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2540

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 2540, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the Department of Education to more efficiently and effectively use its resources by amending or repealing various sections of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Specifically, this measure amends or repeals statutory sections that are outdated, impede the Department of Education in meeting its core mission, fall under the purview of the Board of Education, are mandated by federal law and do not require codification in state law, or are covered by another section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, administrative rules, or Board of Education policy.

The Department of Education supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring students to attend the school in the service area, rather than complex, in which they reside except under specified circumstances; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency.

     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 S.B. No. 2540, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2540, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair