STAND. COM. REP. NO. 443-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1783
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1783 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS'
     TRAINING CORPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to
establish a Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC)
program at Waiakea High School.

     The Department of Education (DOE) supported the intent of
this bill, provided it did not replace current Board of Education
priorities.  The American Friends Service Committee opposed this
bill.

     Your Committee finds that JROTC programs promote discipline
and positive citizenship, and provide structure for students who
might otherwise get involved in gangs or criminal activities. 

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by changing the appropriation amount from $40,000 to $50,000
as suggested by the DOE.

     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.
1783, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1783, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair