STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2854

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2081

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2081, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Department of Education Commercial Enterprises Revolving Fund to accept the deposit of revenues from commercial enterprises at public schools and to provide guidelines for the expenditure of those moneys.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii.

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

Your Committee finds that commercial enterprises at public schools provide students with real-world learning experiences and generate revenue for the schools. Your Committee further finds that this measure will help to remove barriers and restrictions associated with generating those revenues so that those moneys may be expended to improve student learning experiences.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the provision authorizing the Department of Education to transfer excess funds to the general benefit of the department;

(2) Adding a provision authorizing the Department of Education to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, governing expenditure of the revenues deposited in the revolving fund;

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

(4) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2081, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2081, 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