STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1096-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2238

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2238, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage public schools to prepare for emergencies by:

(1) Establishing the Safe Keiki Grant Program, which requires the Superintendent of Education to award funds to schools that adequately prepare for emergencies by practicing emergency drills, effectively communicating emergency plans to parents and guardians of students, and presenting a detailed list of supplies necessary for students to remain at a school shelter for forty-eight hours in the event of an emergency; and

(2) Appropriating funds for grants to public schools to purchase the necessary supplies for students to remain at a school shelter for forty-eight hours in the event of an emergency.

The Department of Education and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

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. 2238, 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