STAND. COM. REP. NO.  50-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1756

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1756 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Statutorily establish the Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health (R.E.A.C.H.) Program within the Office of Youth Services to provide after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools;

(2)  Establish a revolving fund for the administration and operation of the program; and

(3)  Appropriate funds to establish the program and establish one full-time position to support the program.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor; Department of Education; Office of Youth Services; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Youth Services Network; REACH Out Hawaii; Maui Economic Development Board; the Principals of Mililani Middle School, Molokai Middle School, Waiakea Intermediate School, Hana High and Elementary School, and Washington Middle School; the Vice Principal of Hana High and Elementary School; and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion;

(2)  Inserting unspecified appropriation amounts to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1756, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1756, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair