STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1090-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2543

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. 2543 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to streamline administration of the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund by repealing, among other things:

     (1)  The Hawaii 3R's advisory board;

     (2)  Provisions that set standards for applicants submitting grant proposals to the fund and imposing conditions for expenditures on awardees;

     (3)  Requirements for an annual audit and for a dollar-for-dollar match of state funds by non-state funds; and

     (4)  The annual reporting requirement.

     This measure also repeals the Hawaii Teacher Cadet Program.

The Department of Education provided comments.

     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. 2543 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