STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1304

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 618

      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 S.B. No. 618 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow for greater public input on education-related issues by requiring the Board of Education to establish a process whereby the public can petition the Board to add items to the agenda of the next meeting.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association, IMUAlliance, Education Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2051, to encourage 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 S.B. No. 618, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 618, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair