STAND. COM. REP. NO.  693-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1744

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1744, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to, among other things:

     (1)  Require Department of Education (Department) school principals to make the athletic facilities of Department schools available for use by public charter schools under certain circumstances;

     (2)  Provide public charter schools with the right of first refusal for the use of Department athletic facilities within the complex area in which the public charter school is located and on available dates; and

     (3)  Require Department school principals to provide public charter schools with schedules of available dates for the use of athletic facilities.

The State Public Charter School Commission, the Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, and two individuals testified in support.   Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science Public Charter School provided comments.

     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. 1744, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair