STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2045-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 64

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.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN EVERY INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN HAWAII THAT REQUESTS IT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request federal funding to provide school resource officers in every intermediate and high school in the State that requests it.

The Department of Education and an individual testified in support of this measure. The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i and Hawaii Youth Services Network opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that this measure requests federal funding to provide school resource officers in every middle or intermediate school and high school in the State that requests school resource officers; and

(2) Amending its title to read: "REQUESTING FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN EVERY MIDDLE OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE THAT REQUESTS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS."

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair