STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 930
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 1045
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1045, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Adjust the responsibility for producing a certificate of release from certain minor students to the student's parent or legal guardian; and
(2) Exempt students eligible for assistance provided under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 from producing required student records when transferring schools.
Your Committee finds that when a minor student transfers schools, the student is required to submit to the enrolling school a certificate of release obtained from the school the student last attended. However, because minors do not have legal capacity independent of their parents or legal guardians, your Committee further finds that it is more appropriate for the parent or legal guardian to obtain and submit the certificate of release, unless the student is an emancipated minor.
Your Committee also finds that under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, unaccompanied homeless youth are not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian and experience unstable housing. This measure will clarify that McKinney-Vento eligible students are entitled to enroll in school immediately, even though they may lack documents normally required for enrollment.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1045, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair |
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