STAND. COM. REP. NO. 238

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1071

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1071 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE FACILITIES ON STATE LAND AT KA‘OHAO PUBLIC CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for a capital improvement project to state facilities on state land at Ka‘ōhao Public Conversion Charter School.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Ka‘ōhao Public Conversion Charter School, and sixty-one individuals.

Your Committee finds that facilities funding is the greatest financial burden upon public charter schools. At Ka‘ōhao Public Conversion Charter School, there is no facility on campus that can accommodate its three hundred fifty students, resulting in all school-wide assemblies being held outside and subject to weather. Additionally, the capacity issue in the current cafeteria presents challenges in providing students with proper covering during the students' lunch period. By providing resources for facilities, public charter schools, like Ka‘ōhao Public Conversion Charter School, can continue to provide quality education to the children of Hawaii.

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. 1071 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair