STAND. COM. REP. NO. 993-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2043

H.D. 3

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. 2043, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Create a registry for all preschools and K-12 educational institutions within the State that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as a result of an investigation, a final finding has been issued that the individual has inflicted harm on a student; and

(2) Appropriate funds to establish one full-time equivalent position within the Department of Education to manage the registry and carry out the requirements of this measure.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; Executive Office on Early Learning; State Public Charter School Commission; Hawaii Association of Independent Schools; Hawaii Council of Private Schools; and Punahou School. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development and Early Learning Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the number of positions to an unspecified number.

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. 2043, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2043, H.D. 3.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair