STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1307-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 3038
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 3038, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the Department of
Education's zero tolerance policy regarding possession of
intoxicating alcohol, illicit drugs, and dangerous weapons, to
include the possession, sale, consumption, or use of intoxicating
liquor or illicit drugs and the possession, sale, or use of
dangerous weapons.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
State Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers
Association.

     Your Committee finds that discipline has become an
increasingly difficult problem for teachers and students in
Hawaii's schools.

     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. 3038, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair