STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1412-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 150

      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.C.R. No. 150 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help improve operations at the Department of Education by requesting the Office of the Auditor to:

     (1)  Conduct an audit of the Office of Human Resources of the Department of Education to ascertain the level of staffing necessary to clear the existing backlog of ongoing investigations and avoid the need to pay for costly private investigations; and

     (2)  Examine current investigation procedures and propose methods by which the amount of time required for investigations can be shortened.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii Government Employees Association supported this measure.  The Department of Education submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing all references to the Office of Human Resources to the Civil Rights Compliance Office;

     (2)  Changing its title to read: "REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"; 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 150, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 150, H.D. 1.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair