CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 164
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 941
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 941, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Authorize the School Facilities Authority to partner with public and private agencies to develop housing, including workforce housing, for teachers, educators, and staff and develop classrooms;
(2) Authorize the School Facilities Authority to transfer appropriated funds to partner state agencies for the development of housing and classrooms;
(3) Appropriate funds to the School Facilities Authority for the construction of housing and classrooms; and
(4) Specify Nanakuli High School, Waipahu High School, and Mililani High School as initial locations for the construction with location and tenant requirements.
Your Committee on Conference finds that Hawaii continues to suffer from a chronic shortage of licensed teachers. Providing financial incentives and affordable options for teacher housing are key strategies for teacher recruitment and retention. This measure aims to address the ongoing teacher shortage by constructing workforce housing for teachers, educators, and staff at certain Department of Education schools.
Your Committee on
Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting language authorizing the School Facilities Authority to:
(A) Subdivide real, personal, or mixed property;
(B) Partner with public and private development agencies to develop housing on or off campus;
(C) Request any state or county agency to render services to the Authority; and
(D) Transfer property to another public agency or contract to manage the leasing and property management of housing projects;
(3) Specifying
that the general fund appropriation for the School Facilities Authority for fiscal
year 2023-2024 for teacher housing in H.B. No. 300, H.D. 1,
S.D. 1, C.D. 1 (2023), shall be deposited into the School Facilities
Special Fund;
(4) Inserting
an appropriation amount of $170,000,000 out of the School Facilities Special
Fund for:
(A) The construction of housing prioritized for teachers, educators, and staff; and
(B) Other related expenses as deemed appropriate;
(5) Deleting language that would have allocated
the appropriation out of the School Facilities Special Fund for housing and
classrooms at certain sites;
(6) Authorizing the School Facilities Authority to
adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, with respect to
leasing housing developed by the School Facilities Authority;
(7) Inserting an effective date of July 1,
2023; and
(8) Making
technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and
consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 941, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 941, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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____________________________ TROY N. HASHIMOTO Co-Chair |
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____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair |
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Co-Chair |
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____________________________ LISA KITAGAWA Co-Chair |
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