STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3005

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 3002
                                        H.D. 2
                                        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. 3002, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLAYGROUNDS IN SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Director of
Finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance the
renovation of playground equipment to ensure compliance with
national guidelines and standards, including the United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission; the American Society for
Testing and Materials; and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association,
Disability and Communication Access Board, Hawaii Congress of
Parents, Teachers, and Students, and Keiki Injury Prevention
Coalition.  The Department of Accounting and General Services
provided comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that playground equipment at many
schools has been condemned as unsafe, inaccessible, or both.
Many parent organizations are unable to raise enough money for
new equipment and safe surfaces.

     Your Committee agrees that this funding will help ensure
that Hawaii's children have safe environments in which to play.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by requiring the
appropriated moneys to be used for:

     (1)  The planning, design, and establishment of approval
          standards for equipment; and

     (2)  The development of a process for schools to ensure
          compliance with the applicable guidelines and
          facilitate the annual bulk purchase of such equipment.

     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. 3002, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as
H.B. No. 3002, H.D. 2, 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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