CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 43

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 32

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 32, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

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 bill is to, among other things, enact various reforms to public education to:

(1) Improve kindergarten services;

(2) Exempt publishers of library books, including publishers of library books written in the Hawaiian language, from requirements that the publisher furnish the State with computer diskettes from which braille versions can be produced; and

(3) Institute a textbook deposit fee to be used to make textbooks and instructional materials more readily available to students.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting all provisions relating to kindergarten;

(2) Deleting all provisions relating to the textbook deposit fee; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

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 H.B. No. 32, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 32, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

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ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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ROMY M. MINDO, Co-Chair