STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 482-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1897

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1897 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to the State Constitution to enable individuals sixteen years of age or older to serve as members of the Board of Education.

The Hawaii State Student Council submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committees have amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1897, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1897, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Judiciary,

____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair		____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair