STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1058

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 855
                                        H.D. 1
                                        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. 855, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for
permanent teacher positions to recognize that special needs
children are being placed in regular classrooms and that they
should be counted in determining the student-teacher ratio.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Education, the Hawaii State Teachers Association,
the Hawaii State Parent, Teacher, and Student Association, and
many concerned teachers and school administrators.

     Your Committee finds that the education of all Hawaii's
students, both regular students, and those with special needs,
is a high priority.  Improperly staffed classrooms lead to
difficult conditions and lower teacher and student morale.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to delete the
appropriation amount, for the purpose of further discussion in
the Committee on Ways and Means.

     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

 
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of H.B. No. 855, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 855, H.D. 1, 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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