STAND. COM. REP. NO.  133

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 955

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 955 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist in the recruitment and retention of teachers in the Hawaii public school system by establishing the Teachers' Affordable Housing Program (Program) to provide housing for teachers at affordable prices.

 

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education (DOE) supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Extending the Program to other educational staff of DOE;

 

(2)  Requiring the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, rather than DOE, to administer the Program; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 


     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 955, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 955, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Human Services & Housing,

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair