STAND. COM. REP. NO.  620

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 810

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 810 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support an innovative approach to education in Hawaii by appropriating funds for the p4c (philosophy for children) initiative of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for teachers of the Department of Education to train with the p4c initiative.

The University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and many individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  One individual provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Education and the University of Hawaii provided comments.   

     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. 810 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair