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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1841

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1011
                                     H.D. 2




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 S.B. No.
1011, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON
     CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the roles of the
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission (Commission),
executive director, and staff of the State Foundation on Culture
and the Arts (SFCA).  The bill further specifies that each agency
is responsible for calculating the one per cent due to the Works
of Art Special Fund.

     SFCA testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature, in its efforts to
ensure the academic success and the holistic development of the
students in Hawaii, enacted Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991,
to establish the Hawaii Commission for Performance Standards
(HCPS).  Subsequently, the HCPS developed eight content subject
areas considered essential to the education of all K-12 grade
students.  By identifying the fine arts as a core content subject
area, the Department of Education (DOE) recognized it as a
fundamental component of a comprehensive educational experience
because it enhanced and accelerated the learning of all students.


 
 
 
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     Your Committee further finds that SFCA currently enhances
the DOE's budget by providing nearly $1,000,000 for art education
projects and programs, which include:
     (1)  Art in Public Places-Artists in
          Residency Project                              $500,000

     (2)  Foundation Grant Program-Arts in Education     $250,000

     (3)  Artist in the Schools Program                   $50,500

     (4)  School Arts Excellence Awards                    $9,000

     (5)  Convention Center Student Art Exhibition        $15,000

     In addition, SFCA will commence a new two-year grants
project for fiscal biennium 1999-2001 by providing a maximum of
ten grants at $2,500 each to selected schools.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:

     (1)  Adding a purpose and findings section;

     (2)  Requiring the governor to appoint at least three
          Commission members from each of the neighbor island
          counties;

     (3)  Clarifying that it is the executive director, and not
          the chairperson of the commission, who is responsible
          for administering funds for the promotion of culture
          and the arts;

     (4)  Specifying that the executive director, along with the
          comptroller, track amounts due from each agency under
          the one per cent requirement; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

     Additionally, your Committee has inserted language from H.B.
No. 316, H.D. 2, that:

     (1)  Designates SFCA as the lead state agency for the
          promotion of arts education, in consultation with the
          DOE, the University of Hawaii, and other organizations;

     (2)  Directs SFCA to review, revise, and complete the Hawaii
          Content and Performance Standards in the Arts for
          grades K-12, and develop a statewide strategic plan for

 
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          its implementation, with funding from the Works of Art
          Special Fund until June 30, 2001; and
     (3)  Requires SFCA to include in its annual report its
          efforts and progress on the Hawaii Content and
          Performance Standards in the Arts.

     In light of current budgetary constraints, your Committee
recognizes the difficulty in adequately funding the completion of
the arts education standards in grades K-12, which is estimated
at $150,000 for each fiscal year of the upcoming biennium.  By
providing SFCA with the flexibility to temporarily use the Works
of Art Special Fund, your Committee believes that this
alternative source of funding complements the missions and goals
of SFCA.

     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 S.B. No.
1011, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1011, H.D.
2.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair