STAND. COM. REP. NO.309

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 360

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 360 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REUSABLE RESOURCE CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a reusable resource center on state property through a public/private partnership for the purpose of collecting and distributing recyclable materials for use by public school staff.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by 29 public school teachers, librarians, and concerned citizens. Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee finds that the idea for a reusable resource center for the public schools is an environmentally friendly and innovative concept to provide instructional materials for public school teachers. Your Committee further agrees that a private partnership should be pursued for the establishment and operation of the center, given the State's current fiscal constraints and the estimated fiscal impact of $280,000 to establish and operate the program over the next fiscal year.

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. 360 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair