Bill Text: HI HB1376 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School Facilities; Facilities Alignment Commission
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1376 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1376-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 237
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 1376
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1376 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to revitalize school facilities statewide and to more effectively and efficiently use our taxpayers' investment in public education.
Specifically, this bill provides for the timely construction, expansion, consolidation, or closure of public schools in Hawaii through an objective and transparent process that:
(1) Includes the establishment of a Facilities Alignment Commission (FAC); and
(2) Directs the Board of Education to proceed with the process of constructing, expanding, consolidating, or closing schools according to the recommendations of the FAC, if the Legislature does not disapprove of the recommendations in their entirety.
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Developers' Council, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Education offered comments.
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. 1376 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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 |
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