STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1456

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 190

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 190 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW POLICY NO. 6701 IN LIGHT OF THE STATE'S EFFORT TO RENOVATE AND BUILD TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOOLS AND TO REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education to review its policies on acreage guidelines for schools in light of the State's effort to renovate and build new public schools that meet twenty-first century standards.

     This measure also requests the Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislature on whether the acreage guidelines of Board of Education policy 6701 and any definitions included in section 302A-1602, Hawaii Revised Statutes, should be amended to accommodate the renovation and construction of public schools for the twenty-first century.

     The Department of Education submitted written comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that review of Board of Education Policy 6701 and section 302A-1602, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and a report to the Legislature are important steps in fulfilling the State's Twenty-First Century Schools initiative to upgrade existing schools and build new schools where appropriate.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 190 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair