STAND. COM. REP. NO.855

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 945

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. 945 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a stable source of funding for nonschool-hour programs for children and youth, and to appropriate funds for these programs.

Specifically, this bill:

(1) Reduces the amount of tobacco settlement moneys appropriated into the emergency and budget reserve fund under section 328L-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from twenty-four and one-half to eighteen and one-half per cent;

(2) Allocates six per cent of tobacco settlement moneys from the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund, two per cent each, to the Office of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and the Departments of Parks and Recreation of the various counties, for nonschool-hour programs;

(3) Appropriates $3,000,000 each to the Office of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and the Departments of Parks and Recreation of the various counties, for nonschool-hour programs;

(4) Provides that appropriated funds be awarded only to nonschool-hour programs that demonstrate a commitment to partnering with the public and private sectors and involve active participation by youth in all phases of program planning, implementation, and evaluation;

(5) Requires nonschool-hour programs that receive funds pursuant to this measure to meet quarterly with their community partners for the purpose of program evaluation and improvement;

(6) Requires the expending agencies to convene annually to share best practices and outcome information and submit an annual report on the programs funded to the Legislature; and

(7) Exempts all procurement contracts for the provision of nonschool-hour programs authorized by this measure from chapters 103D and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee finds that nonschool-hour programs provide a positive and safe alternative for the many school children in Hawaii who would otherwise remain unattended and unsupervised before and after the regular school day. This measure will allow the counties to expand their current youth programs and enable the State to extend its youth programs to sixth through eighth graders.

Upon due consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting designated percentages of allocated funds and changing amounts of appropriated funds to blank amounts to further discussion;

(2) Making a technical amendment to section 328L-3(a)(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure consistency with the proposed amendment to section 328L-2(b)(1);

(3) Changing the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2020; and

(4) Making other technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and drafting style.

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. 945, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 945, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair