STAND. COM. REP. NO. 249

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 48

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 48 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to remove:

     (1)  A representative from the Department of Education from the membership of the Aerospace Advisory Committee; and

     (2)  The Department of Education from the list of state agencies with responsibilities relating to marine and coastal zone management.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and five individuals.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from Enterprise Honolulu and one individual.

     Your Committees find that the Department of Education is required to participate in a number of different boards, commissions, advisory groups, and task forces.  These obligations are in addition to and may at times absorb time and energy that the Department could otherwise spend advancing its core mission of providing primary education to over 177,000 of Hawaii's keiki.

     However, your Committees note the Department of Education's willingness to continue to assist the Aerospace Advisory Committee by providing guidance or entering into partnerships to help the Aerospace Advisory Committee promote aerospace development within the State.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 48 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair

____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair