STAND. COM. REP. NO. 926________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 185
                                     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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
185 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve educational outcomes
by establishing maximum class sizes for the public elementary
schools.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association, Information Services,
the Kaumana Elementary School's School and Community-Based
Management (SCBM) Council, the E.B. DeSilva Elementary School's
SCBM Council, and several individuals testified in support of
this measure.  The Department of Education testified in support
of the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by providing an
appropriation to limit class sizes for fiscal years 1999-2000,
2000-2001, and 2001-2002 instead of requiring it statutorily.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
185, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 185, H.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair