STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3349

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1846
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1846, H.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE GOOD
     BEGINNINGS ALLIANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
continuation of the legislatively-established Good Beginnings
Alliance initiative, which seeks to improve early childhood
outcomes through the development of quality early childhood
education and care and related family support services.

     In addition, this bill requires private sources to provide
matching funds for the continued coordination and implementation
of the Good Beginnings Alliance initiative.

     Your Committee finds that this bill is necessary to continue
the Legislature's effort to create a sustainable, effective,
participatory coordinating structure that cuts across existing
social service systems to coordinate early childhood services,
without having to create a new state program.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by increasing the sum
appropriated for the continuation of the Good Beginnings Alliance
from $1 to $2.

 
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     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 H.B. No.
1846, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1846, H.D.
1, S.D. 1.

                                 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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