STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3614

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 151

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 151 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS AND IMPLEMENT INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN SUSPENSION POLICY AT THE SCHOOL-LEVEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Hawaii Department of Education to create a working group to discuss and implement institutional changes in suspension policy at the school-level.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony regarding this measure.

Your Committee finds that due to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited timeframe being faced by the Legislature to act in response, measures are necessary to provide the Senate with the ability to gather relevant information from the Governor and the executive agencies. These measures further urge that actions be taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that requests the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Hawaii Tourism Authority, to develop a travel restriction notification procedure for adoption by any passenger airline operating in the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 151, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 151, S.D. 1.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair