STAND. COM. REP. NO. 286

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 903

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 903 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the physical learning environments of public school students by requiring the Department of Education (DOE) to:

(1) Plan for and request appropriations for air conditioning in existing and new school facilities that DOE determines are in need of it;

(2) Develop standards to justify why acoustic noise control or air conditioning is not needed;

(3) Establish a priority list of public schools that are in greatest need of air conditioning; and

(4) Install, based on the priority list, air conditioning in school facilities within a certain timeline.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii State Parent Teacher Student Association testified in support of this bill. DOE supported the intent of the measure.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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. 903, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 903, 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 TAKUMI, Chair