STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2036-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 13

      S.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 Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 13, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO ESTABLISH AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education (DOE) to:

 

(1)  Convene a working group to review afterschool programs in Hawaii's public schools;

 

(2)  Establish an Afterschool Program Advisory Council within DOE's Community Engagement Office to support the work of the working group's findings and recommendations; and

 

(3)  On behalf of the working group, submit the working group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the 2019 Regular Session.

 

The DOE, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hui for Excellence in Education, Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, Pioneering Healthier Communities of Honolulu, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and several individuals supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 13, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair