STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3290

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 536
                                        H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 536, H.D. 2, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the sunset date of the
Good Beginnings Alliance for early childhood education and care,
which seeks to improve early childhood outcomes, to June 30,
2010.

     In addition, this bill:

     (1)  Increases the size of the Good Beginnings Alliance
          board of directors, whose members must possess
          knowledge of the educational and developmental needs of
          young children as well as the support needs of their
          families, by including one member representing the
          University of Hawaii, one member representing the
          American Academy of Pediatrics, one member representing
          the early (childhood) intervention community, one
          member representing an early childhood resource and
          referral agency, and one member representing the Head
          Start program; and

     (2)  Increases the membership of the Good Beginnings
          Alliance interdepartmental council, which exists for

 
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          the purpose of assisting in the implementation of the
          Good Beginnings Early Childhood Education and Care
          Master Plan, by including one member from the general
          business community and one member from the general
          philanthropic community.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will continue the
Legislature's effort to create a sustainable, effective,
participatory coordinating structure that cuts across existing
social service systems to coordinate early childhood services,
without having to create a new state program.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
536, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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