STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1047-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2516

      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. 2516, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FACILITIES FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support facilities funding for charter schools by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds to the State Public Charter School Commission to support its facilities pilot project, based, in part, on the need and performance of charter schools; and

     (2)  Requiring annual reports by the Commission to the Legislature for the duration of the pilot project.

The State Public Charter School Commission, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, Hawaiian Educational Council, and many concerned individuals supported the bill.  Kamehameha Schools and a concerned individual submitted comments.

     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. 2516, 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