STAND. COM. REP. NO. 759________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 532
                                     H.D. 3




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.
532, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote gender equity in
athletic activities offered by the public schools.

     The Department of Education, the Hawaii State Commission on
the Status of Women, the Women's Center at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii
Women Lawyers, the Radford High School Girls Wrestling Team, and
six individuals testified in support of the bill.  The Hawaii
Civil Rights Commission and one individual supported the intent
of the bill.  Two individuals commented on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     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.
532, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 532, H.D. 3.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair