STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2999

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2063

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2063, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Hawaii After-School Program for Youth and the Hawaii After-School Program for Youth Special Fund.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, After-School All-Stars Hawaii, Aliamanu Middle School UPLINK, Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HE‘E Coalition, Kaho‘omiki, Parents and Children Together, and two individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that providing additional after-school programs to Hawaii's public middle school students will promote the social, emotional, and academic well-being of these students and help prevent these students from engaging in negative and risky activities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the purpose of the Hawaii After-School Program for Youth is to provide after-school programs to students in grades six through eight;

(2) Clarifying that career and technical education programs that are provided through the Hawaii After-School Program for Youth shall receive priority allocation of moneys appropriated by this measure to the Department of Education;

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

(4) Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 2063, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2063, 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