STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1965

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 194
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 194, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE USE OF
     INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

     (1)  Show the Legislature's recognition and support of
          Individual Development Accounts (IDA) as effective and
          important; and

     (2)  Request the Department of Human Services, the Housing
          and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, and
          the Department of Business, Economic Development, and
          Tourism to collaborate with IDA practitioners and
          support organizations to assist in the development of
          IDAs in Hawaii.

     The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii
and the Department of Human Services testified in support of this
concurrent resolution.  The Hawaii State Commission on the Status
of Women testified in support of the intent of this concurrent
resolution.


 
 
 
 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has deleted the
contents of this measure and inserted the contents of a proposed
H.D. 1 that was circulated during the public hearing.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requesting the Department of Education, the Department
          of Health, the University of Hawaii, the county
          departments of parks and recreation, the Division of
          Parks and Recreation of the County of Kauai, the Hawaii
          Recreation and Parks Association, the Hawaii Alliance
          of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance,
          the Hawaii Chapter of the American Academy of
          Pediatricians, and other agencies and organizations
          that serve children and youth, to develop standards and
          benchmarks for physical fitness and physical activity
          which can be used as tools to measure fitness of
          student and participants; 

     (2)  Changing the title to read, "URGING THE COLLABORATION
          OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
          THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS
          AND RECREATION, AND OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
          IMPROVE THE FITNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF HAWAII'S
          CHILDREN AND YOUTH"; and

     (3)  Requesting the Department of Education to submit:

          (A)  The standards and benchmarks for physical
               education; and

          (B)  A schedule for periodic physical fitness
               assessments as designed by the Department of
               Education's Standards-Based Reform Strategic Plan
               for assessment and accountability,

          to the Legislature not later than 20 days prior to the
          convening of the Regular Session of 2001, or sooner.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 194, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 194, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair