STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1114

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 181

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to honor individuals whose high school educations were interrupted as a result of:

 

     (1)  Compulsory military service; or

 

     (2)  Wartime practices such as internment during World War II,

 

by delaying until June 30, 2020, the repeal of the Department of Education program that awards high school diplomas to such individuals.

 

     The state Office of Veterans Services, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and a concerned individual supported the measure.  The Department of Education supported the intent of the measure.

 

     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 S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair