STAND. COM. REP. NO. 665

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1251
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1251 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to set aside interest earned
on funds in the Educational Facilities Improvement Special Fund
to be used solely for education technology and to give the
Legislature sole authority to authorize projects.

     Currently, interest earnings of the Educational Facilities
Improvement Special Fund are returned to the general fund.  This
measure would instead give the Department of Education additional
funds for use in needed improvements to the public schools
telecommunications infrastructure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1251 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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