STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1300-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 78

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.C.R. No. 78 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MANDATORY KINDERGARTEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the establishment of mandatory kindergarten, as well as the provision of adequate funding by the State, to ensure that a kindergarten education is available to all five-year-old children.

The Executive Office on Early Learning, Department of Education, Hawaii P-20, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and Hui for Excellence in Education supported the measure.  A concerned individual opposed the measure.

     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 H.C.R. No. 78 and recommends that it 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