STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1350

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1385

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1385, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Education to:

(1) Develop a reorganization plan to provide students and schools with centralized transportation services;

(2) Develop a plan to provide students with more locally produced food to increase by five percent annually for five years; and

(3) Report to the Legislature on certain information relating to the plans.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, and three individuals. Your Committee received testimony in support of the intent of this measure from Ulupono Initiative.

Your Committee finds that the overall program management and service delivery of food and transportation services are, for the most part, centralized. Your Committee further finds that reorganization to provide further centralization in these areas can lead to additional efficiencies and service improvements.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2051; 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 Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1385, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1385, S.D. 2, 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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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair