Bill Text: HI SB2889 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Keakealani Outdoor Education Center; Land and Facility Transfer
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-03 - (H) Referred to EDN, WLO, FIN, referral sheet 36 [SB2889 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2889-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2572
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2889
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2889 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to transfer all land and facilities used by the Department of Education to operate the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences.
Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences. The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that the State's charter schools do not have the same level of support and use of facilities as their counterparts operated by the Department of Education. Your Committee also finds that the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, on the island of Hawaii, is a charter school that is in need of facilities for student classroom activities.
Your Committee further finds that the Keakealani Outdoor Education Center, operated by the Department of Education, could benefit the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences by providing sorely needed facilities near the school. Your Committee believes that the transfer of Keakealani Outdoor Education Center to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences will enhance and expand the school's educational programs.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2889 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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