CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 58

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 820

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 820, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Executive Office on Early Learning Prekindergarten Program to provide high-quality early childhood education to Hawaii's children.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by:

     (1)  Renaming the Executive Office on Early Learning Prekindergarten Program the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program;

     (2)  Requiring the Executive Office on Early Learning to report on the plans and costs for program expansion in fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019; and

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2015.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 820, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 820, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair	____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair