STAND. COM. REP. NO. 195________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1390
                                     




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.B. No.
1390 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL REGISTRARS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Convert five temporary, half-time registrar positions
          to permanent, full-time status;

     (2)  Convert twenty-five temporary, full-time registrar
          positions to permanent status;

     (3)  Create an additional four permanent, full-time
          equivalent, registrar positions; and

     (4)  Appropriate funds to the Department of Education for
          the converted and newly created positions.

     Testimony in support of the bill was received from the
Department of Education, the Registrars' Association of Hawaii,
and numerous, individual registrars from each school district,
Central, Honolulu, Leeward, Windward, Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of the
intent of the bill, but expressed concerns about the source of
appropriations.


 
 
 
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     Your Committee finds that a registrar's functions are
essential to the smooth operations of schools, and that it is
important to have a full-time registrar in every secondary and
community adult school.  Your Committee further finds that a
registrar's functions demand a lot of time, and that without
adequate personnel to handle these functions, students are the
most affected.  Students' needs can be met on a more timely basis
when there is a permanent, full-time registrar available at each
school.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1390 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and 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