STAND. COM. REP. NO. 230-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2046
                                     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.
2046 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to ensure
that each public high school has a full-time student activities
coordinator hired on a twelve-month basis.  

     The Hawaii Student Activities Association and many concerned
individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The
Department of Education submitted testimony in support of the
intent of this measure. The Hawaii State Teachers Association
commented upon this measure. One concerned individual submitted
testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Comittee has amended this bill by changing the
appropriation to $1 for purposes of continued discussion.
 
     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.
2046, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2046, 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