STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3077

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 237

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 237 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER LEASING OR RENTING PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIAS TO VALUE-ADDED FOOD PROCESSORS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF LOCALLY-GROWN FRESH PRODUCE IN SCHOOL MEALS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to convene a working group to consider leasing or renting public school cafeterias to value-added food processors to promote the use of locally-grown fresh produce in school meals.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by three private organizations.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that there is a demand among students, parents, educators, and others for healthy, locally-grown produce to be available as a part of school meals.  This demand is evidenced in part by the success and expansion of the Actively Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture in Schools program.  Your Committees find that this measure takes a first step in exploring issues that must to be resolved to enable the leasing of public school cafeterias to value-added food processors in a fair, safe, and cost-efficient manner.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 237, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 237, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair