STAND. COM. REP. NO. 649

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 413

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Lower & Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 413 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to grant responsibility to the Board of Education to award grants to support school-level innovations reflecting visionary and aspirational educational practices.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association, Democratic Party of Hawai‘i Education Caucus, and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i supported this measure. The Board of Education and Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Granting responsibility to the Board of Education to adopt guiding principles and measure of success for the grants program;

(2) Charging the Department of Education with implementing the grants program;

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Lower & Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 413, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 413, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Lower & Higher Education,

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair