STAND. COM. REP. NO. 781

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 809

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 809, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for public school positions and the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help support public education and allow the Hawaii Teachers Standards Board to continue offering vital training and licensure options for the State's teachers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation and allocation amounts to unspecified sums; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 809, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 809, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair