STAND. COM. REP. NO.2433

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 3041

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3041 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STOREROOM REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the Department of Education storeroom revolving fund.

Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure from the Department of Education, State Auditor, and Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that slow distributions, loose inventory controls, and excessive ordering provide substantial evidence that the Department of Education's storeroom has reached a point where it is no longer the most resourceful way to allocate the office, custodial, school, and other supplies.

Your Committee has amended the measure by changing the effective date to December 31, 2002 to enable the Department of Education to conclude this program in an orderly fashion.

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 S.B. No. 3041, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3041, S.D. 1, 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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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair