STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2572

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2889

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2889 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to transfer all land and facilities used by the Department of Education to operate the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's charter schools do not have the same level of support and use of facilities as their counterparts operated by the Department of Education.  Your Committee also finds that the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, on the island of Hawaii, is a charter school that is in need of facilities for student classroom activities.

 

     Your Committee further finds that the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center, operated by the Department of Education, could benefit the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences by providing sorely needed facilities near the school. Your Committee believes that the transfer of Keakealani Outdoor Education Center to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences will enhance and expand the school's educational programs.

 

     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. 2889 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair