STAND. COM. REP. NO.802-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2069

S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii for the Hawaii Educational Policy Center (HEPC) to prepare and distribute original research, reports, and summaries of existing research on education policy in Hawaii.

The University of Hawaii and HEPC submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that HEPC provides timely and objective reports on educational topics of legislative interest. Funding HEPC's research serves a direct public interest as this research allows the Legislature to make more informed decisions on education legislation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair