STAND. COM. REP. NO.319

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 75

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 75 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a state P-20 Council and appropriate funds for the council.

The Department of Education, University of Hawaii, Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of the measure.

The goal of the P-20 initiative is to achieve an integrated and unified system of education for Hawaii's students that provides a seamless transition from one level of learning to another, from early childhood through post-secondary education. This measure establishes and funds the State P-20 council, which is charged with providing leadership and resources in support of the P-20 initiative.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the appropriation section.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 75, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 75, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair