STAND. COM. REP. NO. 344________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1578
                                     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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1578 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTORING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a community/school-
based pilot mentoring program at Nanakuli Intermediate and High
School, Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School, and Samuel
Wilder King Intermediate School.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from Na Hulu
Mamo Ohana Way, Tu Tangata - Hawaii, Nanakuli High and
Intermediate School, Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School,
the Waimanalo Health Center, the Hawaiian Language Head at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa, and approximately 30 educators,
parents, students, and others supporters.

     Your Committee finds that the presence of adults from the
community in the classroom on a daily basis increases classroom
learning time and contributes to a more orderly and respectful
learning environment.  Members of the community are able to
develop a unique rapport with students and their families,
resulting in students who are better prepared academically,
socially, and culturally to move into the next grade level, the
workforce, and the community.


 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended the bill by changing the amount
of the appropriation to $1 from $750,000 for fiscal years 1999-
2000 and 2000-2001 for purposes of further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1578, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1578, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair