STAND. COM. REP. NO. 737-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1865

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1865 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the operations of the Department of Education (DOE) by creating the following positions:

(1) A deputy superintendent of education to perform the duties of a chief operating officer;

(2) An assistant superintendent to perform the functions of a chief financial officer;

(3) An executive for external affairs; and

(4) Secretaries to assist these positions.

The Hawaii Business Roundtable and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Board of Education supported the intent of this measure. DOE supported the bill in part.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1865, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1865, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair