STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1546-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2288

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2288, S.D. 2, H.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 or repeal various provisions of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which governs the Department of Education, for housekeeping and other purposes.

The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.  The Department of Education commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2288, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair