STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1340-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2136

      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. 2136, 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 clarify various provisions of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, pertaining to education, including by adding new definitions for "attend", "attendance", "enroll", and "enrollment".

The Department of Education 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. 2136, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair