STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3600

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2176

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2176, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for alternative learning centers and alternative learning schools to provide education to juveniles involved in the justice system or at high-risk of involvement in the justice system.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Adult Friends for Youth, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that alternative learning helps to divert at-risk youth away from the adult criminal justice system by providing flexible curriculum, experienced teachers, and individualized learning goals, thus maximizing each youth's chances of developing into a healthy and contributing member of society.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical nonsubstantive change for the purposes of 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 H.B. No. 2176, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2176, H.D. 2, 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