STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1877-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3094

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3094, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR A VIRTUAL SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education to build a virtual school to allow for distance learning; and

(2) Authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to make an emergency appropriation for renovations and electrical upgrades for the virtual school.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Hawaii State Teachers Association.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3094, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair