STAND. COM. REP. 2257

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2113

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funding for equipment, supplies, and transportation for Department of Education athletic programs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Athletic Directors and Coaches Association.

Your Committee finds that inadequate funding for athletic equipment, supplies, and transportation requires high schools to annually raise approximately $600,000 in order to support the purchase of these items for their athletic teams. This puts an unnecessary burden on schools, staff, students, and parents.

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. 2113 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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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair