HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                       REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

                        COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
              Representative Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair
            Representative Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice-Chair

                  NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

      DATE:     Tuesday, February 9, 1999
      PLACE:    State Capitol, Conference Room 308

      SUBJECT:  BRIEFING ON FELIX CONSENT DECREE


1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The committee will be briefed by the Department of Education and the
Department of Health.


   I.   Brief history of the Felix Consent Decree (from inception to
       present)

  II.   Definition of the Felix Class.

 III.   Requirements/Stipulations of the Consent Decree.

  IV.   State costs for Felix Consent Decree.

   V.   Department view of the strengths and weaknesses of current
       system.

  VI.   Plan of action.

 VII.   Area of concern and steps taken to address these areas.

  VIII.   Other areas.



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DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AT 586-6200, 24
HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.



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                               Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair
 
NOTICE FIN 02/09/99