STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1345-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2520

S.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. 2520, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Education to contract with licensed behavior analysts to provide behavior analysis services to public school students.

Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, IMUAlliance, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Association for Behavior Analysis, Aloha Behavioral Associates, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Education, Hawai‘i Psychological Association, and a few concerned individuals offered comments.

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. 2520, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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