STAND. COM. REP. NO.  997-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2424

      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. 2424, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIR CONDITIONING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide air-conditioning in public schools by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Education and Department of Accounting and General Services, in consultation with the Hawaii State Energy Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute of the University of Hawaii, to jointly develop a master strategy for cooling all public school facilities and conduct a comprehensive study;

 

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Education and Department of Accounting and General Services to submit a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2015;

 

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the development of the master strategy; and

 

     (4)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund projects that demonstrate efficient methods to air-condition classrooms.

 

     The Department of Education; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii State Teachers Association; Hui for Excellence in Education; and several concerned individuals supported the bill.  IMUAlliance supported the bill with amendments.  The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of the measure.  A concerned individual opposed the 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. 2424, 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