STAND. COM. REP. NO. 707
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 399
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 399 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
This measure also requires the Department of Education to make the sexuality health education curricula available to the public and requires students to be excused from any part of the instruction upon the written request of the student's parent or legal guardian.
While your Committee acknowledges the compelling testimony presented, the requirements of this measure impose obligations upon the Department of Education that entail the expenditure of resources, which may displace other worthy Department programs and services. As such, your Committee respectfully requests that the provision of additional resources to support this mandate be considered should this measure move forward in the legislative process.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that the Department of Education provide the specified sexuality health education beginning with the 2014-2015 school year; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.
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 H.B. No. 399, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 399, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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