STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1009-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2800

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2800, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Specify that kindergartens, schools, and child care programs licensed by the Department of Education, Charter School Review Panel, Hawaii Council of Private Schools, or any federal agency; and

(2)  Clarify that county child care programs, irrespective of the age of the child,

are excluded from child care facility licensure by the Department of Human Services.   

The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools testified in support of this measure.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2800, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair