STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1115

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 78

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 S.B. No. 78, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Education to contract with a third-party consultant to study the adequacy of education funding in the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus.

Your Committee finds that the study required by this measure will improve the understanding of the funding necessary to support student learning and prepare Hawaii's public school students for the social and economic demands of the twenty-first century.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 78, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 78, 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