STAND. COM. REP. NO. 937

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 821

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 821, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Amend or repeal various provisions of chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as related to early childhood education, that fall under the purview of the Executive Office on Early Learning or are covered by another section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (2)  Amend various provisions of chapter 302L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for housekeeping purposes.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Early Learning Advisory Board, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hui for Excellence in Education, Good Beginnings Alliance, PHOCUSED, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Democratic Party of Hawaii, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes are necessary to reassign statutory responsibilities regarding early childhood education, currently held by the Department of Education, to the Executive Office on Early Learning.  This measure enables the Executive Office on Early Learning to fulfill those responsibilities by authorizing the office to expend federal funds, and making necessary clarifying amendments.

 

     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. 821, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair