STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1090

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 191

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 191 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE LIBRARIAN, TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF ACTIVATING A STATEWIDE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education, in consultation with the State Librarian, to explore the feasibility of activating a statewide library advisory commission.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Public Library System and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that stakeholder input and involvement in the identification of strategic goals and priorities for the public library system allow for greater and more diversified types of uses of library facilities that are appropriate for each community.

     Your Committee further finds that section 26-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, gives the Board of Education the authority to establish a library advisory commission in each county to sit in an advisory capacity to the Board of Education on all matters relating to public library services in its respective county.  This measure requests exploration of the feasibility of convening a similar body but on a statewide level.

     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. 191 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 N. TOKUDA, Chair