STAND. COM. REP. NO.  773-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2349

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow home-schooled students who meet certain requirements to participate in extracurricular activities offered at the public schools that they would otherwise be required to attend.

 

     DOE and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Athletic Directors and Coaches Association of Hawaii and the athletic directors of several public schools opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee requests that DOE consider the concerns that were expressed regarding the logistics of implementing the provisions of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing all references to "extracurricular" to "co-curricular";

 

     (2)  Deleting the definition of a co-curricular activity as a school-authorized or education-related activity occurring during the regular instructional school day;

 

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

 

     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 S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2349, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair