STAND. COM. REP. NO.  319-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2705

      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. 2705 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote physical education in kindergarten through the elementary grades of public schools in Hawaii by establishing a working group to assess the sufficiency of physical education resources and opportunities in these grade levels.

The Department of Education, Department of Health, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The American Heart Association supported the intent of the measure.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this measure with amendments.  The State Public Charter School Commission and Hawaii Education Policy Center submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring that a representative of the State Public Charter School Commission and a physical education teacher be included among the 16 members of the working group;

     (2)  Adding an appropriations section that contains an unspecified sum; 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. 2705, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2705, 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