STAND. COM. REP. 1116

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 929

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 929, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create the After-school Programs Special Fund (Special Fund) to fund Department of Education (DOE) after-school programs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the DOE.

Your Committee finds that after-school care for elementary age public school students is an important means of providing a safe and productive environment for children whose parents are working during after-school hours.

Your Committee further finds that the Special Fund will enable DOE to continue operating the programs by increasing fees should the State be unable to continue funding it at an adequate level through general funds.

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 S.B. No. 929, S.D. 1, 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 Education,

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair