STAND. COM. REP. NO. 189-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 3003
                                     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.
3003 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the Adult Literacy
Education Program within the community colleges of the University
of Hawaii.

     The University of Hawaii supported this bill.  The
Department of Education, the Hawaii Government Employees
Association, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii
Community Education Association, and several individuals opposed
this bill.  The Department of Labor commented on this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the community colleges would be
better suited to providing adult literacy education than the
Department of Education.  Today's job market requires a literate
workforce.  The community colleges are already devoted to
training adults into more able and productive workers.  Placing
the adult literacy component of the adult education program
within the community colleges would put all job placement and
workforce development resources within easy reach of those
looking to gain functional literacy.  The community colleges will
also be able to maintain the affordability of the adult literacy
classes, which is of prime concern to many of the adult education
students.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that
adult literacy education is the only part of the adult education
program to be relocated within the community colleges.  All
references to "adult education and literacy education" were
changed to read "adult literacy education."  

     Your Committee has further amended this bill by making
technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.

     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.
3003, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3003, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair