STAND. COM. REP. NO. 696

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 105

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 105 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the Department of Education's quarterly report requirement on autism spectrum disorder to an annual report.

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

Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is required to submit a quarterly report to the Legislature regarding, among other things, the number of students with autism spectrum disorder. However, your Committee finds that the current frequency of the report is burdensome and unnecessary, as there are few changes reflected between each quarterly reporting period. Therefore, this measure strikes a balance between the benefit of having the informational report and the associated workload required for its production.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 105 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair