STAND. COM. REP. NO.  631

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1352

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1352 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 assist the Department of Education (Department), Board of Education, Legislature, and Executive Branch in identifying and addressing issues to improve the operations of the Department by requiring the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial, management, and program audit of the Department.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported this measure.  The Department of Education commented on this measure.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1352, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1352, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair