STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1742-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 154

      S.D. 1

      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 S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY ON THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SYSTEM FULFILLS ITS STATUTORY PURPOSE OF EQUALIZING OPERATIONAL FUNDING AMONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the per-pupil funding system to determine whether the system fulfills its statutory purpose of equalizing operational funding among public schools.

The State Public Charter School Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Kamehameha Schools supported this measure.  The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requesting the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to come to an agreement on various parameters prior to any data's being submitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau; and

     (2)  Postponing the deadline by which the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to submit its report to no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018.

     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 S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair