STAND. COM. REP. NO.  442

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1915

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1915 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address student truancy in the kindergarten or first grade by expediting the penalty process for the person responsible for the child, if it is proven that the person did not use proper diligence to enforce the child's regular attendance at school.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education and a concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1915 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair