STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1473

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1485

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1485, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECONSTITUTING SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help improve the quality of education in Hawaii by authorizing the Superintendent of Education to:

 

     (1)  Reconstitute public schools, except for charter schools, after specified considerations have been made, that are in restructuring for four or more school years; and

 

     (2)  Recommend to the Charter School Review Panel actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school that has been in restructuring for four or more school years, including the revocation of a school's charter.

 

     The Department of Education and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and Imua Alliance testified in opposition to this measure.


 

     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 S.B. No. 1485, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair