STAND. COM. REP. NO. 293-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2285
                                     




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.
2285 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAIIAN
     STUDIES PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $250,000 to hire
teachers and a supervisor for the Hawaiian studies program.

     Your Committee finds that the state constitution, article X,
section 4, requires the State to provide a Hawaiian education
program consisting of language, culture, and history, in the
public schools.  The program had resource teachers at one time,
but they were terminated.  This has had an adverse impact on the
quality of the program and the fulfillment of this state mandate.

     This bill would provide one resource teacher for each school
district, and one supervisor to lead and coordinate the resource
teachers.  Your Committee finds that this bill will assist the
State in performing this constitutionally required function.

     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.
2285 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

 
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