STAND. COM. REP. NO. 578-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1706
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. 1706 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish within the Department of Education the Youth Civil Defense Corps, which will train high school students to participate in the state Emergency Response Team Program; and
(2) Require the Board of Education, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to adopt standards and a curriculum for student participation.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Appropriating an unspecified amount for the establishment of the Youth Civil Defense Corps and designating the Department of Education as the expending agency;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 1706, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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