STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1070

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 316
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
316, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARTS EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote arts education in
public secondary schools by directing the State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts (SFCA), in consultation with the Department
of Education (DOE), to:

     (1)  Review, revise, and complete by June 1, 2000 the Hawaii
          Content and Performance Standards in the arts for
          grades K-12; and

     (2)  Develop by December 1, 2000, a statewide strategic plan
          for arts education that incorporates and integrates the
          content and performance standards.

Funds are appropriated for this purpose.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education, the Hawaii Consortium for the
Arts, Calabash Hawaii, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Maui
Arts and Cultural Center, the Leeward Community College Theatre,
the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, the Kauai Academy of Creative
Arts, the Hawaii Orff-Schulwerk Association, the College of Arts
and Humanities of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, The Art
Exploratory, Hawaii Youth Symphony Association, the principals
from Kuhio and Palolo Elementary Schools, and nine individuals.

 
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The SFCA commented on this measure.  The DOE testified in support
of the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to $1 for the purpose
          of continued discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions to the bill
          for the purpose of clarity.

     Your Committee notes that Article X, sections 2 and 3 of the
Constitution of the State of Hawaii establishes an elected Board
of Education and empowers it to formulate policy and exercise
control over the public school system, including subjects such as
arts education.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
316, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 316, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair