STAND. COM. REP. NO. 726-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1905
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1905, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to determine whether additional
revenues may be available to public schools through increased
rental fees of its facilities.  This bill establishes a two-year
pilot project at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School on Oahu.
Eighty percent of all moneys collected from rental fees derived
from the usage of the school's facilities by private
organizations or individuals would be deposited with the school
for its own use.

     Thomas Jefferson Elementary School testified in support of
this bill.  The DOE supported this measure with some concerns,
and an individual offered comments.

     Your Committee has expanded the scope of this bill by
authorizing any public school to participate in this pilot
project.

     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.
1905, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1905, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair