STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2882

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2083

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2083 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to fund after-school programs at Kalanianaole Elementary and Intermediate School, Kapaa Middle School, Konawaena Middle School, and Waimea Canyon Middle School, in order to provide a range of enrichment and learning activities in various subjects.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; American Heart Association; Hawai‘i Afterschool Alliance; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Kama'aina Kids; Kamehameha Schools; Parents and Children Together; Pioneering Healthier Communities of Honolulu; Special Education Advisory Council; and four individuals.

Your Committee finds that funding after-school programs at intermediate and middle schools designated as Title I schools that do not currently have state or federal program funding and have a high number of Native Hawaiian students will inspire and motivate children to learn, support children's social and emotional growth, and help raise academic achievement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 2083, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2083, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair