CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 41

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    S.B. No. 181

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Education to continue, until June 30, 2020, awarding high school diplomas to qualified veterans who did not receive a high school diploma as a result of compulsory induction into active service in the Armed Services of the United States or to any person whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices such as internment during World War II.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that individuals often had to defer their educational goals as a result of compulsory induction into active service in the Armed Services of the United States or due to wartime practices such as internment during World War II.  Implementation of this measure recognizes veterans for their commendable service and sacrifices to our country.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of June 29, 2015; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair

 

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair