STAND. COM. REP. NO. 480-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 33

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 33, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to the State Constitution to provide the Board of Education (BOE) with jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation of the public school system.

BOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this bill. An individual opposed this bill.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Jointly providing BOE and the Department of Education with jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation of the public school system; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 33, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 33, H.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Judiciary,

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair