Bill Text: HI SCR20 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Schools; Recycling; Keiki Caucus

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-12 - (H) Referred to EEP/EDN, FIN, referral sheet 67 [SCR20 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR20-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3084

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 20

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 20, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ASSIST PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATEWIDE IN ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUS RECYCLING POLICIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote recycling in public schools.

 

     More specifically, this measure requests the Department of Education to:

 

     (1)  Assist public schools in adopting comprehensive campus recycling policies;

 

     (2)  Convene and provide administrative support for a youth task force to propose ideas and develop policies for the Department to consider; and

 

     (3)  Report to the Legislature on the status of campus recycling policies.

 

     The Department of Education submitted comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's recycling education and outreach efforts should start in the public schools.  Through campus recycling policies and programs, public schools will be able to instill proper student recycling habits, reduce waste, and set a positive example for other public and private entities.

 

     Your Committee also finds that by incorporating student ideas and recommendations into campus recycling policies, the policies will be more enthusiastically embraced by students.  Your Committee believes that the student task force, in conjunction with the adoption of campus recycling policies, will reduce waste, promote energy and environmental conservation, and educate public school students about the benefits of recycling.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstative amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 20, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 20, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair