STAND. COM. REP. NO.  878

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 719

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 719, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support infrastructure in the State that allows for data-based decision-making by the education community by appropriating $150,000 for each fiscal year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for the Hawaii Educational Policy Center to conduct research and policy analysis on education issues to inform and assist the education community, including the Legislature and educational institutions within the State.

 

     The Hawaii Educational Policy Center and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making unspecified the appropriation amount;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     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. 719, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 719, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair