STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1769

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 168

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 168 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES AND PLANS TO MAKE EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS TO KAPAA, KAUAI, AND WAIMEA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to develop cost estimates and plans to make extensive renovations to Kapaa, Kauai, and Waimea High School gymnasiums.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Kauai District Student Council, and twenty-five individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the gymnasiums at Kapaa, Kauai, and Waimea High Schools date back to World War II and are currently in disrepair.  These gymnasiums fulfill multiple needs of the students, the schools, and the communities, serving as civil defense shelters when necessary.  Your Committee believes that the development of cost estimates and plans for the renovations of these gymnasiums are necessary to provide adequate facilities for these schools' students, as well as to provide potential shelters in cases of emergency.  This measure requests the necessary analysis and planning and should also ensure that some focus is placed on cost estimates for renovations required to make the gymnasiums appropriate for use as civil defense shelters.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the Department of Education determine whether the new gymnasiums should accommodate civil defense needs, and, if so, the cost and source of funds to make such accommodations; and

 

     (2)  Removing language requesting the Department of Education to seek the input of individual school administrators, athletic directors, coaches, staff, teachers, and students to come up with an appropriate gymnasium design, plan, and infrastructure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 168, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 168, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair