STAND. COM. REP. NO.  800

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 831

      H.D. 2

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. 831, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide for an orderly process to close down a charter school in the event of financial insolvency or health and safety issues serious enough to dictate closure of the school.

A concerned citizen opposed this measure.  The State Public Charter School Commission and Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 831, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 831, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair