STAND. COM. REP. NO. 103-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2096
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
2096 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $7,583,940 for
260 additional teacher positions in the Department of Education
(DOE) for fiscal year 2000-2001.

     Your Committee received testimony from DOE and the Hawaii
State Teachers Association (HSTA) in support of this bill.

     Pursuant to the Felix v. Cayetano decree's management and
accountability study recommendations, the Board of Education and
HSTA have agreed, for teacher allocation purposes, to count a
special education student in a general education class as a full
count regular student.  Your Committee finds that this bill will
provide the additional teachers needed to provide required
essential services to special education students.

     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.
2096 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair