STAND. COM. REP. NO. 420-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 811

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. 811 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow home-schooled, high school-age students to participate as unattached competitors in individual sports available to the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from seventeen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that home-schooled students are part of the diverse fabric that make up Hawaii's educational system. Your Committee further finds that under existing Hawaii law, home-schooled students do not have the right to participate in public school activities, including sports. Your Committee notes the concerns raised by the Department of Education but believes that further consideration may be warranted.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2051.

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. 811, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 811, 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