THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

                  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                 Senator David Ige, Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair

                  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
                Avery B. Chumbley, Co-Chair
                 Matt Matsunaga, Co-Chair

          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair
                  Randy Iwase, Vice-Chair


        DATE:    Tuesday Evening, February 15, 2000

        TIME:    6:00 PM

        PLACE:   King David Kalakaua Middle School
                 Cafeteria
                 821 Kalihi Street



                  NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING


                        A G E N D A


              FOR JDC/EDU, AND HHS/EDU - ONLY



SB 2454  RELATING TO SCHOOL SECURITY ATTENDANTS  JDC/EDU, WAM
        Requires the department of public safety rather than
        the department of education to carry out the initial
        and ongoing training of school security attendants
        after 6/30/00, subject to the availability of funding.
        Appropriates funds for the training of security
        attendants for school campuses. (Chun Oakland, Kanno,
        Tam, Kawamoto, Iwase, Inouye, D. Ige)



 
 
 
 
SB 2720  RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS              HHS/EDU, JDC
        Requires organizations providing services to children
        to check on sex offender registration information by
        telephone access before engaging a person to work with
        the children, and requires the Department of Education
        to do the same. (Kanno)

SB 3033  MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DRUG TREATMENT,
        COUNSELING, AND INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE-
        ABUSING YOUTHS AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL   HHS/EDU, WAM
        Makes an appropriation for drug treatment, counseling,
        and intervention services at Waipahu High School.
        (Kawamoto)




                NOTICE OF EDU HEARING ONLY

                        A G E N D A


SB 3038  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, JDC
        Includes under the department of education's zero
        tolerance policy, selling, consuming, and using a
        dangerous weapon, switchblade knife, intoxicating
        liquor, or illicit drugs during school hours, on
        school premises, during department-supervised
        activities, or on off school property. (D. Ige)

SB 2534  RELATING TO ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY          EDU, JDC
        Amends zero tolerance policy by allowing suspension of
        a student who attends school or a school function
        while under the influence of intoxicating liquor
        (Chumbley/Matsunaga)

SB 2173  RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY                  EDU, JDC
        Allows students to be suspended for up to 92 school
        days for criminal assault and related offenses that do
        not involve firearms. (Tanaka (BR))

SB 2458  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, WAM
        Establishes Safety Pilot Program; appropriates funding
        (Chun Oakland)

SB 2381  RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY                  EDU, JDC
        Requires courts to inform school when adverse
        disposition or adjudication against minor is entered;
        requires principals to inform school staff of adverse

 
 
 
 
        disposition or adjudication of a student; requires
        school employees to report on campus felonies.
        (Sakamoto)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SB 2388  RELATING TO ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT OF PUBLIC
        EDUCATION                                  EDU, WAM
        Enacts student initiatives in the areas of teacher
        evaluation; school facilities; a departmental safety
        office; school security attendants; athletic
        equipment; computers; and co-curricula concerns. (Tam)

SB 3079  RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE FIRST DEGREE 
                                                      EDU, JDC
        Repeals the requirement that school authorities and
        police officers warn or request a person to leave the
        premises of any public or private school, if the
        person enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the
        premises of the school, prior to having the person
        arrested for criminal trespass in the 1st degree.
        (Mizuguchi (BR)

SB 2996  RELATING TO JUVENILES                      EDU, JDC
        Allows limited accessibility to juvenile records to
        school officials and persons involved in the treatment
        and supervision of minors in the areas of child abuse
        and law enforcement.  Requires notification from a
        court to appropriate school officials when a minor has
        committed any felony or misdemeanor involving curfew,
        gabling, alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, carrying of
        weapons, a sexual offense found in part V of chapter
        707, HRS, assault or battery, larceny, vandalism, or
        graffiti (M. Ige)

SB 2042  RELATING TO SCHOOL RECORDS                 EDU, JDC
        Adds a new section providing protection from suit to
        any school for disclosure of records for any action of
        a child that is detrimental to the morals or
        discipline of a school. (D. Ige)



        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.


FOR THE JOINT HEARINGS ONLY - Persons wishing to testify should
submit 50 copies (single sided, without holes) of their testimony
to the committee clerk, Room 207, State Capitol, 24 hours prior
to the hearing.

FOR THE EDU HEARING ONLY - Persons wishing to testify should
submit 25 copies (single sided, without holes) to the committee
clerk, Room 207, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing.


 
 
 
 
Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to
the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659
(toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the
hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is
being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the
required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder.  A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the
measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for
shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-
6823.



____________________________      
Senator David Ige                 
Chair, EDU                        



____________________________      _______________________________
Senator Avery B. Chumbley         Senator Matt Matsunaga
Co-Chair, JDC                     Co-Chair, JDC



                 ____________________________  
                 Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
                 Chair, HHS