STAND. COM. REP. NO. 814-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2367
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2367, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the successful
transition from public assistance to self-sufficiency for public
assistance recipients by establishing a post-secondary education
benefits program, the Bridge-to-Hope Program, for heads of
households in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program.

     Kokua Council and an individual testified in support of this
measure.  The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the
American Friends Service Committee, the Department of Human
Services, the University of Hawaii, the National Association of
Social Workers, and the Welfare and Employment Rights Coalition
testified in support of the intent of this measure.

     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.
2367, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair