STAND. COM. REP. NO. 74

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1099

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1099 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Establish a service mark licensing agreement program within the Department of Education;

     (2)  Authorize the Department to register service marks for Department programs and individual schools; and

     (3)  Authorize the Department to enter into licensing agreements for the use of service marks and other commercial enterprises.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that sponsorships and partnerships between Department schools and private entities can provide valuable resources and benefits for a broad range of educational activities, such as scholarships, field trips, sports teams, and clubs.  The ability to register and license service marks and engage in other commercial activities will give Department schools the power to pursue sponsorship opportunities that support the educational mission of the school and Department.  Your Committee further finds that a licensing agreement program will provide Department programs and schools a means of controlling the use of their service marks by third parties.

     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 S.B. No. 1099 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair