STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2611

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2540

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2540, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify and resolve conflicting and inconsistent language related to the Department of Education by amending or repealing various sections of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the amendments in this measure will assist the Department of Education in meeting its core mission.  Your Committee also finds that it is appropriate to repeal sections that are no longer necessary, are addressed by federal law, or are duplicative of an administrative rule, Board of Education policy, or another statute.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2540, S.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.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair