STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1001-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2063

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2063, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to help public schools to provide needed books and instructional materials by:

(1) Clarifying that students and their parents or guardians may be held accountable for negligently losing, breaking, damaging, or destroying books and other materials;

(2) Enabling the Department of Education (DOE) to charge restitution fees to replace the books and other materials; and

(3) Establishing a special account to receive the restitution fees.

DOE supported this bill. The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Enabling public schools to charge a general textbook and instructional materials fee of up to $20 to all students, except for students who are eligible to receive free or reduced lunch; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 2063, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2063,

S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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