STAND. COM. REP. NO. 766-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1906

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1906, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMOTE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Education to:

(1) Maintain and enhance its Panorama platform and Trust Circle mobile platform; or

(2) Create one or more new platforms that provide increased support for mental health, including social-emotional health.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association; and five individuals.

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. 1906, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair