THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

           COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
                Senator David Y. Ige, Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair

                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:    Friday, February 12, 1999

        TIME:    1:30 P.M.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 212
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street

                        A G E N D A

SB 507   RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, WAM
        Establishes charter schools.
                                              (Anderson, Slom)

SB 1277  RELATING TO STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOLS       EDU, WAM
        Increases the accountability of local school boards
        for the results produced by student-centered schools.
        Ensures equitable funding among all public schools.
                                              (Mizuguchi, B/R)

SB 1318  RELATING TO NEW CENTURY SCHOOLS            EDU, WAM
        Requires that all schools designated as New Century
        Schools: (1) have a governing board appointed by the
        Governor; (2) be exempt from collective bargaining and
        state procurement code; and (3) be provided a budget
        in lump sum with the authority to transfer funds for
        purposes as determined by the school.
                                              (Mizuguchi, B/R)

SB 1501  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, WAM
        Requires the DOE to enter into agreements with
        qualified private nonprofit corporations to construct,
        manage, and operate a pilot charter school.  Requires
        the planning, design, construction, and equipping of,
        and the acquisition of lands for, the charter school
        to be done at no cost to the State.
                                                    (Chumbley)

SB 1009  RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS                  EDU, WAM
        Appropriates $34,500 for a legislative streaming media
        pilot project.
                                     (Ihara, Chumbley, et al.)

SB 1171  RELATING TO THE INTEGRATED TAX INFORMATION  EDU, WAM
        MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BY THE
        DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
        Creates a special fund to pay for the integrated tax
        information management systems, and for the operation,

 
        maintenance, monitoring, and improvement of the
        automated tax system.
                                              (Mizuguchi, B/R)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


SB 553   RELATING TO THE OKINAWAN CENTENNIAL        EDU, WAM
        CELEBRATION COMMISSION
        Appropriation to the Okinawan Centennial Celebration
        Commission.
                                         (Ige, Nakata, et al.)

SB 577   ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE  EDU, WAM
        ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF        
        THE PUERTO RICANS TO HAWAII
        Establishes a commission to celebrate the 100th
        anniversary of the arrival of Puerto Ricans to Hawaii.
                                               (Inouye, Bunda)

SB 826   RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS        EDU, WAM
        Prohibits persons, on the basis of their sex, from
        being discriminated against in any interscholastic,
        club, or intramural athletics offered by a public
        school.  Prohibits public schools from providing
        athletics separately on the basis of sex.
                                  (Buen, Chun Oakland, et al.)

SB 951   RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS         EDU, WAM
        Authorizes the University of Hawaii and the department
        of education to establish custodial accounts for the
        deposit of annuity payments of employees of the
        University of Hawaii and the department of education.
                                                       (Kanno)

        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

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testimony to the committee clerk, Room 215, State Capitol, 24
hours prior to the hearing. Please punch three (3) holes on the
left side of 10 copies and two (2) holes on the top of 15 copies
of your testimony. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5
pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-
6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least
24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to
whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the
hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

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Public Folder.  A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the
measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for
shared use by members of the public.

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6230.



____________________________      
Senator David Y. Ige              
Chair