STAND. COM. REP. NO.  87-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2135

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2135 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the education of home schooled students by allowing them to participate in extracurricular activities offered at the public school that they would otherwise be required to attend.

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Education, Department of Health, and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Providing that home schooled students must meet certain health requirements, prior to their participation in an extracurricular activity;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  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. 2135, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2135, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair