STAND. COM. REP. NO. 923-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2571
                                     S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No.
2571, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED BUDGETING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide public schools
maximum flexibility in expending their budgets and to facilitate
the implementation of school-based budgeting by requiring the
Department of Education to submit to the individual schools and
the legislature, by opening day of each regular session, a report
on its proposed school-by-school budget allocation.

     The Hawaii Business Roundtable testified in support of this
measure. The Department of Education and HGEA-AFSCME testified in
opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee finds that it is important for communities to
have access to information about the budgeting of their local
public schools. This information is essential for communities to
become more involved in the planning and implementation of
improvements for their schools.  By granting each school greater
control over their own budget we will facilitate more effective
spending based on the particular needs of the students in their
area.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2571, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair