CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 120

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 832

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       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. 832, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO 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 allow the University Laboratory School to conform its student enrollment profile to the standard prescribed by the University of Hawaii College of Education in order to meet the College of Education's research requirements.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to:

(1)  Require the State Public Charter School Commission to submit a report to the Legislature that reviews the University Laboratory School's actual admissions data to ensure conformity with the school's admissions policy;

(2)  Require the University Laboratory School to conduct a study, and report to the Legislature prior to the 2016 legislative session, on whether the school should be a private school instead of a public charter school to determine whether an exemption from Chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is necessary; and

(3)  Make the measure drop dead on July 1, 2020.

     Your Committee respectfully requests that the State Public Charter School Commission monitor the admissions policy and practices of the University Laboratory School.

     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. 832, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 832, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, 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
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair	____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Co-Chair
	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair