STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1054

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 310
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 310, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR
     NEW SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to include athletics as an
integral part of the educational process by requiring funding for
coaches' salaries, athletic health care trainers, athletic
equipment and supplies, and the transportation of athletic teams
to be considered standard workload increase items when planning
and budgeting for new schools. 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers
Association.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was
submitted by the Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that athletic programs are necessary
for a well-rounded school curriculum, and thus believes in
requiring proper funding as part of the funding for new schools.

     Undeniably, coaches have a positive impact upon
students--giving them motivation, inspiration, direction, and
positive alternatives to delinquency and drugs.  However, your
Committee is aware that the Department of Education has some
reservations regarding the setting of coaches' salaries.  Your

 
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Committee believes that the issue of coaches' salaries requires
an in-depth study, with all the implications being determined
before salaries can be set.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to delete its
contents in their entirety, and replace them with the contents of
S.B. No. 1586, S.D. 1, its companion Senate measure.  As amended,
this measure would require the budgeting for athletics when
budgeting for new schools, and require the Department of
Education to study the implications of setting coaches' salaries
and report its findings to the Legislature before the 2000
regular session.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 310, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 310, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

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



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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