STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2040-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 92

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. 92 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON UNUTILIZED, LAPSED FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to:

(1) Review its financial records from the past five years, specifically its revenue from federal grants, including titled, discretionary, and formula-based grants; and

(2) Submit a report of its findings and recommendations on unused, lapsed federal grant revenue for public education, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session.

The Native Hawaiian Education Council, Kanu o ka ‘Aina Learning ‘Ohana, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, KALO, and two individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarify, consistency, and style.

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. 92, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 92, H.D. 1.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair