STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1028

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 702

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 702, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Committee on Weights to submit a report to the Legislature detailing any changes to the funding formula within thirty days of the posting of the Committee's final report indicating the approval of its recommended change to the funding formula.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that the Committee on Weights is responsible for, among other things, reviewing the issue of funding and revising the funding formula to provide for the equitable distribution of funds to all Hawaii public schools. Although insufficient funding for public schools is a major concern, various Committees on Weights have recommended, and the Board of Education has approved, changes in the formula factor that has amended the funding formula for public schools. This measure will apprise the Legislature of these changes and help inform any related legislative actions.

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 S.B. No. 702, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 702, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair