STAND. COM. REP. NO.854

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1584

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1584, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish and fund the Pre-Plus public-private early childhood educational program for certain low-income children.

Early childhood education has been demonstrated to provide long-term educational and developmental benefits to children. Early childhood education programs are relatively expensive, and the demand for these programs is high. Pre-Plus facility growth and funding are necessary components for the State's commitment to early childhood development and education.

Your Committee finds that the Pre-Plus program, currently budgeted under the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, is more appropriately placed in the Department of Human Services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1584, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair