STAND. COM. REP. NO. 801-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2427

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. 2427, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify that the priority of selection for Preschool Open Doors Program participation applies only during the priority application period between February 1 and the start of each program year, after which applications shall be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services; Executive Office on Early Learning; Early Childhood Action Strategy; Hui for Excellence in Education; and Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!.

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. 2427, 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