STAND. COM. REP. NO. 448-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1876
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Public Safety and Military
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1876 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X,
     SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE
     COMPOSITION OF 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 add a nonvoting member to the Board of
Education who will represent the military.

     Specifically, this measure proposes to amend article X,
section 2, of the state constitution by including a
representative from the Commander in Chief of the United States
Pacific Command.

     Your Committees find that children of military families
comprise a sizable portion of the public school students in the
State.  Yet the military has no representation on the Board of
Education because it has no voting power.  Most military
personnel and family members in Hawaii are residents of other
states.


 
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     Your Committees believe that military representation on the
board is an effective and appropriate vehicle for the military
community to voice their concerns and visions on education.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Public Safety and Military Affairs
that is attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1876 and recommend that
it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Public Safety and Military
                                   Affairs,
                                   
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION             COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
                                     MILITARY AFFAIRS
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KEN ITO, Chair                     NESTOR GARCIA, Chair

 
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