STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1719-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.C.R. No. 44

      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 Health and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 44, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A SUNRISE ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of S.B. No. 2612, introduced during the Regular Session of 2016, and submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017.

The Department of Education, Hawaii Association of School Psychologists, and two individuals supported this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offered comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 44, 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 Health and Education,

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair