STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1366-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 37

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.R. No. 37 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE NEIGHBOR ISLAND SCHOOL COMPLEXES IN HEAT ABATEMENT STUDIES, USE SCIENTIFIC DATA AND METHODS TO DETERMINE HEAT ABATEMENT PRIORITY RANKINGS OF SCHOOLS, AND INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN THE METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE PRIORITY RANKINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Education to include neighbor island school complexes in any future heat abatement studies and to use scientific data and methods to determine heat abatement priority rankings of schools, and increase transparency in the methodology used to determine priority rankings.

The Department of Education, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     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.R. No. 37 and recommends that it 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