STAND. COM. REP. NO.152
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1391
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1391 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ARTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for school-level positions in the fine arts in the Department of Education (DOE).
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools supported this bill. DOE supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee finds that the arts are an essential part of a balanced school curriculum and are a required part of the Hawaii State Content and Performance Standards. The arts have not been adequately supported in our public schools, and there are very few fine arts educators in DOE.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Adding additional language justifying the purpose of this bill;
(2) Requiring SFCA to convene the Hawaii Arts Education Partners to implement the terms of the Hawaii Arts Education Strategic Plan;
(3) Requiring the continued submittal of annual reports by SFCA;
(4) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
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 H.B. No. 1391, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1391, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Tourism and Culture.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |
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