STAND. COM. REP. NO. 325-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1999

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1999 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services for the Preschool Open Doors Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Rainbow Family 808; Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!; Hui for Excellence in Education; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in support of the intent of this measure from the Department of Human Services and Executive Office on Early Learning. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the Preschool Open Doors Program provides children from low to moderately-low income families with the opportunity to attend a group child care setting for up to one year prior to their entry into kindergarten to aid their transition into a school setting. This measure provides funding to continue to support the Preschool Open Doors Program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1999, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1999, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair