STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1739-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 153

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 153, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A TWO-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ON A BLOCK BASIS IN ADDITION TO ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to conduct a two-year pilot project to implement contracts for services for students with disabilities on a block basis in addition to a one-to-one basis.

The Department of Education, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Special Education Advisory Council, and Community Children's Council of Hawaii supported this measure. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 153, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Human Services,

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair