STAND. COM. REP. NO. 10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 164

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 164 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FEDERAL GRANTS SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATION REVOLVING FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Change the name of the Department of Education's federal grants search, development, and application revolving fund to the federal grants revolving fund; and

 

     (2)  Expand the uses of the fund to monitor grant execution, ensure compliance with grant requirements, and audit grant expenditures.

Your Committee finds that the current language is somewhat restrictive and the changes to both the name and the authorized uses of the fund will allow the Department of Education greater flexibility in securing and managing federal grant moneys.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 164 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 and Housing,

 

 

 

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair