STAND. COM. REP. NO. 668

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 290

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 290, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to support Department of Education programs that provide instructional services directly to students.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires appropriations allocated to Department of Education programs that provide instructional services directly to students to remain within the budget of the program to which the funds were originally allocated;

(2) Specifies that the retention of an appropriation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be used by the Department of Education as a basis for reducing the program's future budget requirements;

(3) Requires temporary positions created by the Department of Education to provide instructional services directly to students; and

(4) Requires the Department of Education to report the creation of temporary positions to the Legislature.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the HE`E Coalition.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that moneys allocated to schools and programs that provide instructional services directly to students should not be reduced to fund the Department of Education's administration costs. Your Committee further finds that those schools and programs should be allowed to carry over a portion of their allocated funds to the following fiscal year.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the proviso that temporary positions created by the Department of Education must provide instructional services directly to students;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 290, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 290, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair