STAND. COM. REP. NO.  290

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 533

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 533 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support public charter schools by appropriating $10,000,000 in each year of fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for the State Public Charter School Commission to allocate to public charter schools for facilities projects and rent assistance.

The State Public Charter School Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science Public Charter School, Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School, School for Examining Essential Questions for Sustainability, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, Akamai Learning, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Kamehameha Schools, IMUAlliance, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making the appropriation an unspecified sum; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2051, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 533, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 533, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair