STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1045-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2475
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure gender equity in high
school athletics.

     The Department of Education, the Hawaii Civil Rights
Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Hawaii
State Teachers Association, and concerned individuals testified
in support of this measure.

     Your Committee anticipates that this measure will assist the
State's efforts to reach substantial compliance with Title IX of
the federal Educational Amendments of 1972.

     Your Committee amended this bill by:

     1.   Deleting the description of gender based discrimination
          in sports for public high schools;

     2.   Inserting a two-year sunset date for the advisory
          commission; and

     3.   Leaving the effective date of this act unspecified.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2475, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2475, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair