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Panel backs pilot public‑private partnerships to ease charter school facilities shortage
Summary
The House Education Committee voted Feb. 12 to advance HB 17‑83 with amendments after SFA and charter school leaders said public‑private partnerships could accelerate school construction and offset high real‑estate and permitting costs.
The House Committee on Education voted to advance HB 17‑83 after testimony from the School Facilities Authority and charter school leaders that new public‑private partnership models could speed construction of school facilities and reduce costs.
SFA’s executive director told the committee that Hawaii faces a heavy pipeline of projects and traditional delivery is too slow and expensive, citing roughly 17 projects and large cumulative costs. ‘‘The usual way is too expensive, too slow ... there has to be another way,’’ the SFA representative said,…
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