STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1370-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 89

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. 89 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO AFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE TENETS OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 1972,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to affirm its commitment to uphold the tenets of Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 and submit a report to the Legislature regarding the addition of complex area Title IX coordinators.   

     The Department of Education, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Women's Coalition, and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii 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. 89 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