STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1586

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 94
                                     




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. 94 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING ALL SCHOOLS IN
     HAWAII TO INCLUDE MUSIC AS A REGULAR AND INTEGRAL PART OF
     THEIR CORE CURRICULUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to encourage
all schools in Hawaii to include music as a regular and integral
part of their curriculum.

     Your Committee finds that current educational research has
discovered that the study of music benefits overall intellectual
development.  Strengthening the public school's commitment to
music education should have a positive effect on student
development.  Your Committee finds that the music education task
force has been working for three years on developing program
descriptions for all grade levels and recommendations for
improvement to the school music curriculum.

     Testimony in favor of the intent of the resolution was
received from the Superintendent of Education and three members
of the music education task force.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 94,
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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