STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1607-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2070

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2070, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to temporarily exempt the purchase of educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education from the State Procurement Code; provided that the Department of Education obtains three verbal or written quotes for purchases up to $100,000, awards over $2,500 comply with certain statutory provisions regarding offerors, and awards over $500,000 are approved by the Superintendent of Education.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Hawaiʻi State Energy Office. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and State Procurement Office.

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 S.B. No. 2070, S.D. 1, 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