STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3692
Honolulu, Hawaii
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to assist public charter schools with infrastructure and facility costs.
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Allows funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the State Public Charter School Commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements; and
(2) Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Public Charter School Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Public Charter School Network, Kamalani Academy, DreamHouse Ewa Beach, IMUAlliance, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i, HawaiiKidsCAN, Kua O Ka La NCPCS, Kona Pacific Public Charter School, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science, Hawaii Children's Action Network, and eleven individuals.
Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that while the State Public Charter School Commission may request facilities funding in addition to its annual budget request, the amounts received in recent fiscal years have not kept pace with the cost of providing and maintaining high-quality facilities.
Your Committee has
amended this measure by inserting a section indicating that repealed statutory
material is bracketed and stricken and that new statutory material is
underscored.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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