STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2222

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.C.R. No. 81

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 81 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 291C-3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, FOR KEIKI HEALTH BENEFITS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure request that all public elementary, intermediate, and middle schools participate in the Safe Routes to School program, which is managed by the State Department of Transportation and seeks to make walking and bicycling to school a safer and more appealing transportation option for children, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services provided testimony in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 81 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Health,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair