Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR141 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 141 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's statewide backlog of capital improvement repair and maintenance projects.
2	2
3	3	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 141
4	4	THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
5	5	STATE OF HAWAII
6	6
7	7	THE SENATE
8	8
9	9	S.C.R. NO.
10	10
11	11	141
12	12
13	13	THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17	STATE OF HAWAII
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29	SENATE CONCURRENT
30	30
31	31	RESOLUTION
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37	requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's statewide backlog of capital improvement repair and maintenance projects.
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45	WHEREAS, the Department of Education is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 4,425 buildings statewide, which is more than twenty million square feet of space; and WHEREAS, this is a time-consuming and financially-draining task as approximately twenty percent of Hawaii's two hundred fifty-seven public schools are more than one hundred years old, and the average age of school buildings in the State is seventy-two years; and WHEREAS, properly repairing and maintaining public school buildings is necessary for the safety of Hawaii's students and teachers; and WHEREAS, in January 2018, the Department of Education reported to the Legislature that the school repair and maintenance backlog was $293,000,000; and WHEREAS, however, the Department of Education later redacted that statement, reporting that the true backlog was $868,000,000; and WHEREAS, this backlog has sharply increased in the few past years and is now estimated to be more than $1,400,000,000, with more than four thousand six hundred repair and maintenance projects needed to be undertaken or finished by the Department of Education; and WHEREAS, because many public school facilities in the State are in need of repair or renovation, this body finds that it is necessary to increase transparency and fiscal discipline by the Department of Education; and WHEREAS, an audit of the Department of Education could help identify any shortcomings in the current distribution of funds and determine any necessary changes to increase the efficiency of the Department of Education's capital improvement repair and maintenance projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an audit of the Department of Education's statewide backlog of capital improvement repair and maintenance projects; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to include projects relating to the renovation of central, district, and program offices in the audit; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Auditor. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: DOE; Auditor; Capital Improvement Repair and Maintenance Projects
46	46
47	47	WHEREAS, the Department of Education is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 4,425 buildings statewide, which is more than twenty million square feet of space; and
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51	WHEREAS, this is a time-consuming and financially-draining task as approximately twenty percent of Hawaii's two hundred fifty-seven public schools are more than one hundred years old, and the average age of school buildings in the State is seventy-two years; and
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55	WHEREAS, properly repairing and maintaining public school buildings is necessary for the safety of Hawaii's students and teachers; and
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59	WHEREAS, in January 2018, the Department of Education reported to the Legislature that the school repair and maintenance backlog was $293,000,000; and
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63	WHEREAS, however, the Department of Education later redacted that statement, reporting that the true backlog was $868,000,000; and
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67	WHEREAS, this backlog has sharply increased in the few past years and is now estimated to be more than $1,400,000,000, with more than four thousand six hundred repair and maintenance projects needed to be undertaken or finished by the Department of Education; and
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71	WHEREAS, because many public school facilities in the State are in need of repair or renovation, this body finds that it is necessary to increase transparency and fiscal discipline by the Department of Education; and
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75	WHEREAS, an audit of the Department of Education could help identify any shortcomings in the current distribution of funds and determine any necessary changes to increase the efficiency of the Department of Education's capital improvement repair and maintenance projects; now, therefore,
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an audit of the Department of Education's statewide backlog of capital improvement repair and maintenance projects; and
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to include projects relating to the renovation of central, district, and program offices in the audit; and
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Auditor.
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
100	100
101	101
102	102
103	103	OFFERED BY:
104	104
105	105	_____________________________
106	106
107	107
108	108
109	109
110	110
111	111
112	112
113	113
114	114
115	115
116	116
117	117
118	118
119	119	Report Title:
120	120
121	121	DOE; Auditor; Capital Improvement Repair and Maintenance Projects