STAND. COM. REP. NO.  998-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2134

      S.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 S.B. No. 2134, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend various sections of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, governing the Department of Education, to comply with the requirements of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

The Department of Education, Special Education Advisory Council, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 2134, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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