STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3394

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1562

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1562, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to add the Director of Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education as an ex officio, nonvoting member to the Early Learning Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Executive Office on Early Learning.

Your Committee finds that the Early Learning Board, which formulates statewide policy relating to early learning, benefits from the inclusion of additional perspectives. As noted in testimony, the Director of Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education is positioned to provide meaningful contributions to the Early Learning Board. The Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education helps students thrive in school, work, and life by promoting and strengthening the education pipeline from early childhood through post-secondary education and training.  Your Committee further finds that including the Director of Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education on the Early Learning Board will promote consistency and synergy between the efforts of the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and Early Learning Board. Accordingly, this measure will benefit students across the State by adding the Director of Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education as an ex officio, nonvoting member to the Early Learning Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of 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. 1562, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1562, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair