STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1572-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 59
                                     




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.C.R.
No. 59 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OMBUDSMAN TO
     INVESTIGATE AND OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING GEOGRAPHIC
     EXCEPTIONS GRANTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Ombudsman to investigate the geographic exceptions granted by
public schools, to specifically determine:

     (1)  Which schools tend to lose the most students through
          geographic exceptions;

     (2)  Which schools tend to gain the most students through
          geographic exceptions; and 

     (3)  For what reasons students transfer to and from some
          schools more than others.

     The Department of Education supported this concurrent
resolution.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need to determine which
schools are affected the most by geographic exceptions.  It is
important to understand which aspects of certain schools cause
students to transfer to and from them more often than others, and
to decide whether or not those reasons for seeking geographic

 
 
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exceptions are in concert with the established criteria for
granting geographic exceptions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 59
and recommends that it 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