STAND. COM. REP. NO.  314-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2510

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2510 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING VOUCHERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a housing voucher program for full-time classroom teachers employed by the Department of Education, including classroom teachers at public charter schools.

 

     The Department of Education, Special Education Advisory Council, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the State Public Charter School Commission testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2510, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2510, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair