STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2028

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1526

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1526, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate and authorize funds for programs of the State Public Charter School Commission.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Public Charter Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School, HawaiiKidsCAN, Kualapuu Public Conversion Charter School, Kua O Ka La New Century Public Charter School, Connections Public Charter School, Kona Pacific Public Charter School, Kamehameha Schools, Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School, W.A.V.E., and numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure appropriates and authorizes additional funds and positions for the State Public Charter School Commission for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amounts appropriated and number of positions authorized for the Department of Education's Charter Schools (EDN600) and Charter Schools Commission and Administration (EDN612) programs;

(2) For clarity, indicating in the program appropriations table that the program ID EDN600 refers to the Charter Schools program;

(3) Adding a provision that authorizes the appropriations made to a program by the measure to be combined with appropriations made to the same program by any other Act enacted by the Legislature for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium; and

(4) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for the purpose of consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1526, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1526, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair