STAND. COM. REP. NO.  942-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2441

      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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2441, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Statutorily establish the Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health (R.E.A.C.H.) Program within the Office of Youth Services to provide after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools;

(2)  Establish a revolving fund for the administration and operation of the program; and

(3)  Appropriate funds for the program and one full-time position to support the program.

     Your Committee notes that this measure has an effective date of July 1, 2050, which will facilitate further discussion as it moves through your Committees on Education and Finance.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor; Department of Education; Board of Education; Office of Youth Services; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Oceanic Time Warner Cable; Hui For Excellence in Education; National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter; REACH Out Hawaii; After-School All-Stars Hawaii; Moloka‘i Middle School; Maui Economic Development Board; Hana High and Elementary School; Washington Middle School; Mililani Middle School; and three concerned individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2441, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2441, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair