STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1071

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 97

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 97 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE A SYSTEMWIDE REVIEW OF ITS OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE OPERATIONAL AND FISCAL PRACTICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES BRANCH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to undertake a systemwide review of its oversight, monitoring, and accountability of the operational and fiscal practices of the Department's School Food Services Branch.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that during 2012, the Department of Education conducted an internal audit of its Schools Food Services Branch, finding that the Department's controls related to food services are functioning at an unacceptable level.  While the Department acknowledges its shortcomings in this area, your Committee emphasizes the importance of implementing systematic changes to policies and procedures at all levels to address the concerns raised by the audit.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 97 and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair