STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2223
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2545
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2545 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPOSTING GRANT PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a permanent school composting grant program within the Department of Education.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Center for Getting Things Started, and six individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.
Your Committee finds that on-site school campus composting programs involving students have been successful in providing a beneficial method of waste diversion. These programs provide numerous benefits to students, taxpayers, and the environment. Accordingly, this measure will provide a broad range of benefits to schools and the larger community by establishing a permanent school composting grant program.
Your Committee has
amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making
a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and
consistency.
Your Committee notes that the Department of Education submitted comments that this measure does not contain the necessary funding for the program.
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 S.B. No. 2545, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2545, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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________________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair |
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