STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3410

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 166
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 166, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     EDUCATION AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE OF
     THE HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER TO OBTAIN SEX
     OFFENDER INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Education and all youth organizations to access the upcoming
website of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to obtain
relevant information on sex offender registration information
that is necessary to protect the public.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the State Representative from the forty-first District, the
Department of Education, Attorney General, Department of Human
Services, and Sex Abuse Treatment Center-Kapiolani Medical Center
for Women and Children.

     The new website will make access to information quick and
easy, which has been the greatest deterrent to accessing the
information.  Convenient access could result in not hiring the
wrong person, which could result in preventing a tragedy and in
potential savings on litigation and damage awards.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 166, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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