STAND. COM. REP. NO.  830-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2267

      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. 2267, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support digital learning and the use of technology in public schools by:

     (1)  Authorizing the expenditure of moneys allocated for printed curricular materials for the purchase of digital formats of the curricular materials;

     (2)  Defining "curricular materials" to include instructional material in both printed and digital formats and replacing references to "school textbooks, instructional materials, library books, equipment, or supplies" with references to "curricular materials"; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for digital devices for teachers and students to use in Department of Education school classrooms.

The Computing Technology Industry Association, TechNet, and three individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Education, the State Public Charter School Commission and the Hawaii State Teachers Association 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. 2267, 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