STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1276-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2382

S.D. 1

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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2382, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Accounting and General Services to:

(1) Conduct biennial surveys of all departments concerning any unused facilities or under-utilized Department of Education schools that may be appropriate for public charter schools or early learning programs that are affiliated with a public charter school;

(2) Maintain an inventory of unused or under-utilized facilities; and

(3) Provide biennial reports of the inventory to the State Public Charter School Commission.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kuamahi Community Education Division of Kamehameha Schools, State Public Charter School Commission, and Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network supported this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

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. 2382, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2382, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair