STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1265

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1527

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1527, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the expenditure of additional amounts for the operating budget of the Executive Office on Early Learning for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

The Executive Office on Early Learning, Early Learning Board, Kamehameha Schools, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1527, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1527, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair