STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1045_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1085 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to:

     (1)  Enable the Department of Education (DOE) to fulfill the
          requirements of the Felix v. Cayetano Consent Decree;
          and

     (2)  Prevent the reduction or discontinuance of essential
          services for students in regular and special education
          programs.

     DOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in
support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Providing that the appropriation be used for
          operational expenses of the DOE, rather than specific
          positions; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions to correct
          drafting errors and for clarity, consistency, and
          style.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1085, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1085, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair