CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 186-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2000

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2000, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the School Facilities Authority for the construction of preschool facilities.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation of $200,000,000 to the School Facilities Authority;

(2) Clarifying that the appropriation is to expand access to pre-kindergarten to eligible children of the State;

(3) Clarifying the purposes for which the School Facilities Authority may expend the funds;

(4) Providing that the appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made and that all monies from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2024, shall lapse as of that date; and

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2000, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2000, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair