STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3039

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 122

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 122 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND STATE LIBRARIAN TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education and State Librarian to develop a strategic plan to optimize the use of state public library facilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Public Library System.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that an examination of how to best utilize Hawaii's public library facilities is necessary to determine whether the potential exists to create additional streams of funding to support the Hawaii State Public Library System.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 122 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair