STAND. COM. REP. NO. 426

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1747
                                     




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.
1747 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR
     KAPOLEI HIGH SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding for
the construction of Kapolei High School.

     Your Committee finds that this bill is of the highest
priority for the education of students in the Kapolei area.  A
new high school is desperately needed for Kapolei students
because Campbell High School, which presently serves students in
the area, is overcrowded and cannot accommodate the expected
student population in the year 2000.  In order to provide a new
high school by that date, construction must begin immediately.

     This bill transfers $1,000,000 appropriated to Iao
Intermediate School to Kapolei High School.  Since the Iao
Intermediate School project is delayed, a temporary shifting of
funds will not affect the progress of that project.

     Your Committee received favorable testimony from the
Department of Education, a legislator, the Campbell Estate and a
local business person.


 
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     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.
1747 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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

 
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