STAND. COM. REP. NO.  938

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 937

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 937, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the early learning of the young children of Hawaii by appropriating funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to enter into contracts with third-party providers for family-child interaction learning organizations to develop and implement programs that support families in taking an active role in the social, emotional, and cognitive development of their young children, as part of a mixed-delivery early childhood system.

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hui for Excellence in Education, Hawaii's Early Childhood Action Strategy, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Parents and Children Together, and Kamehameha Schools supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Early Learning and a concerned individual submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 937, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair