STAND. COM. REP. NO.  993

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 240

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 240, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help ensure the availability of effective training for school health aides in a cost-effective manner by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with the University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, to provide training and clinical direction to all school health aides until June 30, 2014;

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health to enter into a memorandum of understanding on the issue of training for school health aides and submit a copy of the memorandum to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2014; and

     (3)  Repealing the requirement that the Department of Education provide career pathways development and training opportunities to all school health aides in the school health services field and other fields within the Department.

The Department of Education, Special Education Advisory Council, and Community Children's Councils supported this bill.  The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 240, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair