STAND. COM. REP. NO. 879

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 702

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 702, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that the report required by this measure will notify the Legislature of Board-approved changes to the weighted student funding formula and help inform any related legislative actions.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

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

 

     (2)  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. 702, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 702, 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