STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1056

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 316
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 316, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARTS EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to promote arts education in
public secondary schools by directing the State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts, in consultation with the Department of
Education, to:

     (1)  Review, revise, and complete by June 1, 2000, the
          Hawaii Content and Performance Standards in the arts
          for grades K-12; and

     (2)  Develop by December 1, 2000, a statewide strategic plan
          for arts education that incorporates and integrates the
          content and performance standards.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Board of Education, the Department of Education, the State
Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the University of Hawaii
College of Arts and Humanities, Palolo School, the Hawaii
Association of Independent Schools, the Hawaii State Parent,
Teacher, and Student Association, the Hawaii Alliance for Arts
Education, Calabash Hawaii, Hawaii Opera Theatre, the East-West
Center, the Contemporary Museum, Oahu Corale Society, Hawaii
Craftsmen, Hawaii Orff-Schulwerk Association, Pacific Islanders

 
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Communications, Kona Community Chorus, Honolulu Theatre for
Youth, the Hawaii Consortium for the Arts, the University of
Hawaii at Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance, the University
of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education, the Maui Arts and
Cultural Center, Leeward Community College, the Honolulu Academy
of Arts, the Hawaii State Dance Council, the Hawaii Community
Foundation, and many concerned individuals.

     Your Committee finds that studying the arts can help
students acquire and develop vocational, professional, and
personal skills that will encourage them to become productive
members of their communities.  Arts education programs not only
stimulate students' creativity, but also provide them with
another perspective on viewing the world around them.

     While the study of arts is undoubtedly essential in a well-
rounded education, your Committee believes that in these
difficult financial times, the State must consider other methods
of funding besides appropriations from the general fund.  Your
Committee encourages future consideration of funding this project
through the Works of Art Special Fund, or other funding options.  

     Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments
to this measure for the purposes of style and clarity.

     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. 316, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 316, 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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