STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1611

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 234
                                     




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.C.R.
No. 234 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE KAMEHAMEHA
     SCHOOLS BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE TO CONDUCT A
     FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON
     THE ISLAND OF KAUAI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate to conduct a
feasibility study on establishing an elementary school on the
island of Kauai.

     Your Committee finds that of all the major island counties
of the State, Kauai lacks a major Kamehameha Schools/Bernice
Pauahi Bishop Estate presence.  Your Committee further finds that
having a Kamehameha Schools campus serves as a source of role
models, in terms of teachers and contemporaries (students), and
gives Hawaiian youngsters educational goals that may be lacking
in the public school system.  It would also allow Kauai students
to attend a Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate
school without having to board at the Oahu campus.   There are
many factors that influence a youngster's positive educational
experience and for young Hawaiians, the benefits of attending a
school established especially for them should be a source of
pride and accomplishment.

 
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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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 234,
and recommends that it 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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