STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2982

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2096
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2096, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for 260
full-time equivalent permanent teacher positions in the
Department of Education.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and
Hawaii Speech-Language Hearing Association Public School Caucus.

     Your Committee finds that the State is obligated under the
Felix v. Cayetano consent decree to improve services to special
education students in this State.  Funding under this measure is
intended to implement the recommendation of the Felix Management
and Accountability Study.  The Felix Management and
Accountability Study recommends a change in the formula for
allocating regular education teachers so that each special
education student is counted as one whole regular education
student.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriated amount to $2; and


 
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     (2)  Deleting references to the number of positions to be
          funded.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2096, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 2096, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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