CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 60

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 811

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Education to publish a weekly report on schools that have reported positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

Your Committee on Conference finds that although the Department of Education has stated that it has communication policies and procedures in place to address COVID-19 cases, it generally has not provided information about positive COVID-19 test result cases on all school campuses and the limited information that it has shared has been inconsistent and incomplete. Your Committee further finds that of the limited information publicly released, positive COVID-19 cases listed by schools are not included. This measure will help to provide critical, real-time data necessary to assess school reopening and to respond to COVID-19 outbreak events that may place students, their families, and school staff at a heightened risk.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair
____________________________ GREGGOR ILAGAN Co-Chair