STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1290

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 12

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 12, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide full-time teachers at hard-to-fill public schools, including public charter schools, with housing vouchers for rent or mortgage payments for the teacher's primary residence.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Education Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Department of Education offered comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the administrative agency from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to the Department of Education;

(2) Changing the amount of the housing voucher to an unspecified amount; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, or style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 12, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 12, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Lower & Higher Education.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair