STAND. COM. REP. NO. 232

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 387
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which
was referred H.B. No. 387 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to create a task force to advise
the governor and the legislature on strategies to develop an
education industry in Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of the bill was received from the
University of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

     Your Committees find that the education industry can be a
significant contributor to the economic revitalization of the
State of Hawaii by providing employment, developing institutional
resources, and attracting other educational enterprises to the
State.

     Your Committees have amended the bill by:

     (1)  Changing the membership of the task force by adding:

          (A)  A teacher appointed by the Governor;

          (B)  A representative appointed by the Superintendent
               of Education; and

          (C)  A representative appointed by the President of the
               East-West Center;

          and

 
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     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to
this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 387, as amended herein, and recommend that it
pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 387,
H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Higher Education
                                   and Education,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KEN ITO, Chair                     DAVID MORIHARA, Chair