STAND. COM. REP. NO.  578

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 832

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 832 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow a public charter school student who has been notified of the prospect of charter revocation or nonrenewal or school closure to enroll in a public school outside of the student's service area.

The State Public Charter School Commission, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2025.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 832, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 832, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair