STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1420

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 185

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 185, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ORGANIZE AND COORDINATE OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE AND IDENTIFY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expand afterschool student programs.

 

     Specifically, this measure requests the Department of Education to:

 

(1)  Work with various other departments, the University of Hawaii, and private organizations to organize and coordinate out-of-school programs for kindergarten through twelfth grade students and to identify funding sources;

 

(2)  Determine the costs of the out-of-school programs;

 

(3)  Consider, identify, and acquire funding from various sources; and

 

(4)  Name the programs as "Hawaii 3 to 6 programs" and administer them at all public schools.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

 

     Your Committee finds that providing quality school-based and school-linked afterschool programs can improve outcomes not for only low-income students, but for all participating students.  Your Committee believes that requesting the Department of Education to seek funding for afterschool programs will help to provide students with a safe out-of-school environment.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 185, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair