STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1753

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

      

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 97

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 97 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE A SYSTEMWIDE REVIEW OF ITS OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE OPERATIONAL AND FISCAL PRACTICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES BRANCH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of school food services by requiring the Department of Education to undertake a system-wide review of the operational and fiscal practices of the Department's School Food Services Branch.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and a concerned individual.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 97 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair