STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1000-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2977

      S.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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, 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 maximize resources and better meet the growing and changing needs of Hawaii's public school campuses by establishing a five-year pilot program that authorizes the Department of Education to enter into multi-year contracts for the design, planning, and installation of fourth-generation modular-design buildings.

The Department of Education supported 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. 2977, S.D. 1, 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