Bill Text: HI HB1686 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Charter Schools; Funding
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1686 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1686-Amended.html
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 |
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