STAND. COM. REP. NO.  441

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 607

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 607 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the composition of the Early Learning Advisory Board (Board) to ensure that the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui are adequately represented.

A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an unspecified appropriation for the travel costs of the neighbor island members of the Board; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of 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. 607, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 607, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair