STAND. COM. REP. NO. 13

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 274

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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 274 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a two-year pilot program for school bus transportation hubs in high-traffic areas.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is experiencing a shortage of over a hundred bus drivers statewide. Your Committee further finds that designating public or private areas or facilities to serve as school bus transportation hubs will help provide reliable and consistent services while alleviating the need for more school bus drivers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a definition for "transportation hub"; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 274, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 274, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair