Report Title:

DOE; Hawaiian Studies; Audit

Description:

Requires the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education Hawaiian studies kupuna program.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2198

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the department of education.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there is a need to conduct a fiscal audit of the department of education's Hawaiian studies kupuna program to clarify why the department asserted that there was no funding available for the program during the second semester of the 2003-2004 school year, even though funding for the program was appropriated and should have been available.

The purpose of this Act is to require the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education Hawaiian studies kupuna program.

SECTION 2. The auditor shall conduct an audit of the department of education Hawaiian studies kupuna program, including the "A" funds for salary and the "B" funds for all other expenditures.

SECTION 3. The auditor shall submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2005.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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