STAND. COM. REP. NO.  382-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2109

      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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2109 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the physical health of Hawaii's elementary-school students by:

     (1)  Statutorily establishing the Fun 5 Program--an evidence-based physical-activity and nutritional-education program--within the Afterschool Plus (A+) Program; and

     (2)  Appropriating $400,000 to support the Fun 5 Program.

Kahoomiki, Kamaaina Kids, the Afterschool Alliance, and several concerned individuals supported the bill.  The Department of Education and Department of Human Services submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Referring more generally to an evidence-based physical-activity and nutritional-education program, instead of specifically to the Fun 5 Program;

     (2)  Appropriating an additional $77,000 to cover A+ program fees, including those for the evidence-based physical-activity and nutritional-education program, for the children of families who are eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2109, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2109, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair