STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1815-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2381

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2381, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize a public school's principal to close the school without consulting the complex area superintendent in the event of an emergency created by a natural disaster if the principal deems the conditions are unsafe for students and faculty.

 

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this measure.  The Department of Education opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2381, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair