STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1659-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2116

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2116, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Board of Education to contract for an Implementation and Transition Coordinator to assist with the implementation of S.B. No. 2115, Regular Session 2012, which reorganizes the charter school governance structure; and

 

     (2)  Making an unspecified appropriation to support the Coordinator position.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hawaii Business Roundtable supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Charter School Administrative Office, and Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure 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 S.B. No. 2116, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2116, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair