STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1555-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.C.R. No. 222

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 Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 222 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND STANDARDS OF VARIOUS SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION POLICIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine the implementation and standards of various sexual health education policies within the Department of Education.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Association of University Women of Hawai‘i; Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates-Hawaiʻi; and seven individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from One Impact Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee finds that only twenty percent of Hawaii middle schools and forty-eight percent of high schools provided all twenty-two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention critical sexual health education topics. This measure will ensure that Hawaii's students are provided with the knowledge and tools necessary to make responsible, informed, and empowered choices about their sexuality, gender, relationships, and sexual and reproductive health.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the contents of the study;

(2) Changing its title to make a technical amendment; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 222, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 222, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair