STAND. COM. REP. NO. 292

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 262

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Corrections, Military & Veterans, to which was referred H.B. No. 262 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a process for school placement for a child whose parent has transferred or is pending transfer from another state to a military installation in Hawaii while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United States Department of Defense, Hawaii Military Affairs Council, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that military service members are routinely reassigned to new duty stations due to mission and training requirements and receive their official military orders detailing their upcoming assignment thirty days to six months prior to their move. Providing military families greater flexibility to enroll their children in school will help facilitate their uninterrupted educational progress and transition into their new communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Corrections, Military & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 262, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 262, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military & Veterans,

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair