STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2878

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2707

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2707, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a formula by which the Department of Education is to allocate funds to new century charter schools for rent or lease payments and repair, maintenance, and improvements to these charter schools.

The bill also provides a schedule for the allocation of the funds.

Your Committee finds that, for many students, new century charter schools fulfill a meaningful alternative to traditional public schools. This measure will provide consistent funding for rent or lease payments, and repair and improvement for these charter schools, which will assist new century charter schools in providing a quality education in appropriate and safe facilities.

Your Committee has amended the measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006, to coincide with the beginning of the fiscal year since the measure contains an appropriation; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments.

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. 2707, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2707, S.D. 2.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair