Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 198 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to explore the feasibility of establishing alternative schools or dropout centers for adolescents who suffer from drug addiction.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure from two individuals.

Your Committees find that alternative schools for adolescents who suffer from drug addiction provide regular high school courses, although all of the electives are based on the twelve-step program. They have been used successfully on the mainland and may be a valuable new means of keeping Hawaii's youth clean and sober, to ensure them a better chance of staying off drugs and succeeding in life.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 198 and recommend its adoption.