CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 138

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    S.B. No. 64

       S.D. 3

       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. 64, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

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 make appropriations for subsidies, three positions, and contract services for the continued implementation of the preschool open doors program.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the preschool open doors program is Hawaii's school readiness program that provides critical subsidies for low to moderate income families sending their children to a licensed preschool to prepare them for kindergarten.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that the preschool open doors program allows approximately 1,300 of Hawaii's children to attend licensed preschools, which has short-term and long-term benefits for children, individuals, and society as a whole.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation for three positions and contract services for the continued implementation of the preschool open doors program;

 

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $6,000,000 for subsidies for the preschool open doors program for fiscal year 2015-2016 only;

 

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2015; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 64, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 64, S.D. 3, 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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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair

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BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair