STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1818

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 56

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.C.R. No. 56 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A SCHOOL IMPACT FEE REVIEW TASK FORCE TO REVIEW THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES LAW, INCLUDING ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAW, AND MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCHOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to convene a task force to review the school impact fees law, make recommendations to address current and future needs to develop new schools in response to projected population growth, and submit annual reports for three years.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that new housing developments will add tens of thousands of new homes to communities in the State, potentially causing overcrowding of certain schools. Your Committee further finds that establishing a task force to review school impact fees can help to determine the proper amount of fees necessary to fund needed new schools for growing parts of the State.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 56 and recommends its adoption.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair