STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1538

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 239

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 239, S.D. 1, 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 improve the administration of the annual Conference of Secondary School Students by, among other things:

     (1)  Amending the statutory placement of provisions governing the Conference of Secondary School Students by incorporating such provisions within Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which governs public education; and

     (2)  Amending provisions regarding the format, appointment of members, conduct, duties, guidance, time-frame, funding, and evaluation of the Conference of Secondary School Students.

The Department of Education and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     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. 239, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 239, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair