STAND. COM. REP. NO.  965

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1686

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1686, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a funding mechanism to ensure that charter schools receive fair and equitable funding.

 

     The Department of Education, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Charter School Administrative Office (CSAO) and a concerned individual offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its contents with provisions that:

 

     (1)  Eliminate the per-pupil method of funding for charter schools, thus requiring charter schools to follow the same budgetary request process as other state agencies;

 

     (2)  Require the CSAO to submit a report of all means of financing with its budgetary request to the Director of Finance; and

 

     (3)  Change the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 1686, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1686, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair