CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 19

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2095
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




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

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 2095, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Board of
Education to invite the senior military commander in Hawaii to
appoint a non-voting military representative to the Board.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Requires the military representative to:

          (A)  Advise the Board regarding state policies and
               actions affecting military family members;

 
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          (B)  Carry out these duties without compensation and as
               part of the representative's military duties; and

          (C)  Comport with applicable state and federal
               statutes, regulations, and policies; and

     (2)  Allows the military representative to be removed by a
          majority vote of the members of the Board.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by limiting the
military representative's term to two years and allowing the
representative to be removed by the Board only for cause.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2095, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2095, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.


                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

                                   
  ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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Sen. DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair        Rep. KEN ITO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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Sen. NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair     Rep. NESTOR R. GARCIA, Co-Chair

 
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