STAND. COM. REP. NO. 811-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2092
                                     




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.
2092 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow high school students to
obtain University of Hawaii (UH) and high school course credits
simultaneously by establishing the Running Start Program to allow
eligible eleventh or twelfth grade high school students to enroll
in any qualified course offered by UH.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii
Association of Realtors, Kaimuki High School, Roosevelt High
School, and Kaiser High School testified in support of this
measure.  UH and the Department of Education testified in support
of the intent of the measure.

     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.
2092 and recommends that it pass 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