CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.137

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1085
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1085, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR
    EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency
appropriation of an unspecified amount for operating expenses
required to fulfill the conditions of the Felix v. Cayetano
consent decree.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the bill by:

     (1) Inserting the amount appropriated to fulfill the Felix
         consent decree;


 
 
 
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     (2) Adding emergency appropriations for books and equipment
         for Kapolei Middle School and Keaau High School; and

     (3) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for style and
         clarity.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1085, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1085, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair             KEN ITO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             ______________________________
                                   BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Member            ______________________________
                                   SCOTT K. SAIKI, Member
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   ______________________________
                                   BERTHA F.K. LEONG, Member