STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1048-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2421

      S.D. 2

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. 2421, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve public education in Hawaii by:

     (1)  Reestablishing interagency working groups based on Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004;

     (2)  Appropriating funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for school repair and maintenance on the Neighbor Islands; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds to the Department of Education to convene the interagency working groups and for two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions.

The Department of Education supported the bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Health supported the intent of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2421, S.D. 2, 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