STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1435

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 84
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which
was referred H.C.R. No. 84 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS
     AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE
     ON CREATING A COORDINATED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to further the
coordination between the public school system and the University
of Hawaii system by requesting the Board of Regents (BOR) and the
Board of Education (BOE) to establish a joint subcommittee for
this purpose.

     The Board of Education submitted testimony in support of the
intent of the resolution, but expressing the view that it is not
necessary since existing law provides for cooperation between
both boards.

     Your Committees agree that the BOR and BOE are already
authorized to establish coordinative mechanisms.  However, much
more can be done to unify Hawaii's educational system.  Rather
than specify a particular mechanism for achieving this goal, your
Committees leave it for the BOR and BOE to determine the
appropriate mechanism.

     The resolution has been amended by:

     (1)  Requesting the BOR and BOE to establish a mechanism to
          promote the establishment of a coordinated educational
          system rather than specifying the establishment of a
          joint subcommittee;

 
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     (2)  Requesting a report of the mechanism rather than the
          joint subcommittee; and

     (3)  Revising the title to reflect the change in the
          substance of the resolution.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to
this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose
of H.C.R. No. 84, as amended herein, and recommend that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.C.R. No. 84, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Higher Education
                                   and Education,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KEN ITO, Chair                     DAVID MORIHARA, Chair