STAND. COM. REP. NO.  296

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 880

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 880 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a service mark licensing agreement program within the Department of Education to enable the Department and public schools to engage in commercial activities, within their primary education mission, to provide financial resources for educational activities, such as scholarships, field trips, sport teams, and clubs.

The Department of Education supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2051, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 880, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 880, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair