STAND. COM. REP. NO. 728

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 711

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 711 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to enter into contracts with third party providers for family child interaction learning programs as part of a mixed-delivery early learning system to ensure school readiness of Hawaii's children prior to entering kindergarten.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Early Learning, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Kamehameha Schools, and HE'E Coalition.

 

     Your Committee finds that family is a vital influence in the life of a child and that active participation by parents in a child's early education is extremely beneficial for the child's learning and development.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to April 2, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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. 711, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 711, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair