STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3574

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 93
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:


     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 93 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
     TEN-YEAR PLAN FOR TEACHER EDUCATION ON THE NEIGHBOR
     ISLANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the development of
a ten-year plan for teacher education on the neighbor islands.

     For the purposes of public hearing, your Committee
distributed a proposed draft of a concurrent resolution that
replaced the title and substantive contents of this measure.  As
amended, this draft:

     (1)  Changes the title to "ESTABLISHING A CITY, STATE, AND
          COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR
          IMPROVEMENTS TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX";

     (2)  Requests the Superintendent of Education and the Mayor
          of the City and County of Honolulu to convene a joint
          state and county task force to develop a master plan
          for improvements to the Roosevelt Sports/Recreational
          Complex adjoining the Lincoln, Stevenson, and Roosevelt
          campuses;


 
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     (3)  Delineates members that should be included on the task
          force;

     (4)  Requests the task force to include in its master plan
          an identification of areas in need of improvement,
          specifically the Roosevelt gymnasium and field,
          Stevenson field, the parking lots, lighting system for
          the entire area, playground equipment, estimated costs,
          and an indication of the priority to be given to each
          area in need of improvement; and

     (5)  Requests the task force to submit its findings and
          recommendations and proposed legislation to the
          Legislature no later than 20 days before the convening
          of the Regular Session of 2001.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
State Senator from the Eleventh District and the Principal of
Roosevelt High School.  The Department of Education submitted
testimony not objecting to the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the schools in the Roosevelt
complex serve a culturally rich and thriving community that is in
great need of improved educational and recreational facilities
consistent with the cultural and environmental preservation
projects of the area.

     Your Committee agrees that the establishment of the task
force will facilitate the planning needed to provide necessary
improvements to the Roosevelt school complex.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 93, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1.

                                   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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