STAND. COM. REP. NO. 697-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1863

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1863 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to implement the recommendations of the Interagency Working Group regarding the transfer of functions specified by Act 51, Session of Laws of Hawaii 2004, the Reinventing Education Act of 2004, by:

(1) Repealing the transfer of certain functions from the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F), Department of the Attorney General (AG), and Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Department of Education (DOE); and

(2) Delaying the transfer of school health aides and public health nurses from the Department of Health (DOH) to DOE.

DOE, B&F, AG, DHS, DOH, and Department of Human Resources Development testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported this measure with reservations.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1863 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair