STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1347-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 318

S.D. 2

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. 318, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to offer additional educational, social, and personal growth opportunities to home-schooled students. Specifically, this measure:

(1) Authorizes home-schooled students who meet certain requirements to participate in extracurricular activities offered at the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend; and

(2) Establishes a task force to determine criteria for prioritizing students who attend a public school over home-schooled students when determining which students may participate in an extracurricular activity.

Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii supported this measure. The Department of Education 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. 318, S.D. 2, 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