STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1056-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 290

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 290 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER LEASING OR RENTING PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS TO VALUE-ADDED FOOD PROCESSORS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF LOCALLY-GROWN FRESH PRODUCE IN SCHOOL MEALS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Education (DOE) to convene a working group to consider leasing or renting public school cafeterias to value-added food processors to promote the use of locally-grown fresh produce in school meals. 

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau, Kauai County Farm Bureau, League of Women Voters of Honolulu, West County Farm Bureau, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  DOE and the Department of the Attorney General provided comments. 

 

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

 

     (1)  Changing DOE to Hawaii Farm Bureau as the entity that              will convene the working group; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 290, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 290, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Agriculture,

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair