STAND. COM. REP. NO. 445-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2027
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2027 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give the State additional
rights with respect to instructional material for the benefit of
handicapped individuals.

     Hawaii Assistive Technology Training and Services, the
Department of Education, and the University of Hawaii testified
in support of this bill.  The Disability and Communication Access
Board testified in support of the intent of the bill with
reservations.

     Your Committees find that this bill will enable disabled
students to have better access to instructional material.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Higher Education that is attached to
this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2027 and recommend that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.






 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Higher Education,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID MORIHARA, Chair              KEN ITO, Chair