STAND. COM. REP. NO.  415-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1621

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1621 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC MIDDLE AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide after-school programs in Hawaii's public middle and intermediate schools, with high-quality, structured after-school supervision for students enrolled in grade six to grade eight, by appropriating funds for this purpose.

The Department of Education, Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Positive Coaching Alliance – Hawaii, After-school All-stars Hawaii, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services and State Public Charter School Commission supported the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 1621, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1621, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair