Bill Text: HI SB384 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Student Traffic Safety; New Schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB384 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB384-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 446

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 384

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 384 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Education to ensure that all traffic safety measures are in place and operational prior to the opening of a newly constructed public, public charter, or private school.

 

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency.  One private organization submitted comments.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees have heard that the Department of Education is currently required to meet state and county traffic safety regulations, and that during the design phase of a project, it is standard practice for the Department of Education to coordinate with the Department of Transportation and county transportation departments to ensure that their requirements are addressed.

 

     Your Committees also understand, however, that in the case of at least one neighbor island school, these procedures were not adequate and that the school continues to lack sufficient traffic safety devices to protect its students, faculty, and visitors.  Your Committees requested further information from the Department of Education regarding this specific instance and any other similar instances the Department may identify.  Until the information is available the situation clearly shows this measure is necessary, your Committees urge further legislative deliberations on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 384 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair