STAND. COM. REP. NO. 870-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 438

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 438, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTERNAL CONTRACTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

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

(1) Develop a plan, in consultation with the Board of Education, to reduce the use of external contracts for curricula, instruction, and testing for public schools;

(2) Convene an advisory committee to assist the Department in developing and implementing the plan; and

(3) Submit interim and final reports on the plan to the Legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association and Democratic Party of Hawai‘i Education Caucus. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 438, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair