Bill Text: HI HB625 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; Charter Schools; Counties; DLNR

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB625 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB625-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 625

      H.D. 3

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 625, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure that state land is used for the best possible purpose by:

 

     (1)  Requiring land and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education (DOE) that are not being used for school purposes to be transferred to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR); and

 

     (2)  Making the land and facilities available for alternative use by charter schools or certain other education programs, or the county where the land or building is located.

 

     This bill also requires DOE to consult with the Board of Land and Natural Resources prior to the final transfer of land.

 

     DOE, the Charter School Administrative Office, University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education, Hawaii Charter Schools Network, Hawaii Technology Academy, Hookakoo Corporation, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  DLNR provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, 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. 625, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 625, H.D. 3.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair