STAND. COM. REP. 116

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 421

 

 

 

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 H.B. No. 421 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit students who are not residents of the State from enrolling in a new century charter school or new century conversion charter school.

The Department of Education submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that, in the interest of fairness to the taxpayers of the State, people residing outside of the State should not have access to public education services provided by the State. However, your Committee urges the Committee on Judiciary to consider clarifying that educational services should be made available to eligible individuals physically residing in the State, even if they do not meet the formal legal definition of state residency used for other purposes.

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. 421 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair