STAND. COM. REP. NO. 605-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 536
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
536, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance and develop early
childhood education and care services by:

     (1)  Extending the life of the Good Beginnings Alliance
          (GBA) to 2010;

     (2)  Expanding the representation of the Interdepartmental
          Council (Council), which assists GBA in implementing
          its duties as delineated in the GBA Master Plan, by
          adding representatives from the business and
          philanthropic communities; and

     (3)  Expanding the membership of the GBA Board of Directors
          by adding members from the University of Hawaii, the
          American Academy of Pediatrics, the early intervention
          community, an early childhood resource and referral
          agency, and Head Start.

     GBA, the Department of Health, the Hawaii Chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics, Good Beginnings of Maui County,
and several individuals testified in support of this measure.
The Governor's Office testified in support of the additional
representatives to the Council.  The Department of Human Services

 
 
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testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii
Association for the Education of Young Children and the Center
for Disability Studies submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
536, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair