STAND. COM. REP. NO. 613

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1586
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1586, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require budgeting for
athletics when budgeting for new schools, require the Department
of Education to study the implications of setting coaches'
salaries and report its findings to the Legislature before the
2000 regular session.

     Your Committee finds that athletic programs are necessary to
a well-rounded school curriculum, requiring proper funding as
part of the funding for new schools in order that students
entering a new school can have the same opportunities as students
in other high schools.

     Undeniably, coaches have a positive impact upon students,
giving them motivation, inspiration, direction, and positive
alternatives to delinquency and drugs.  However, your Committee
is aware that the Department of Education has reservations
regarding the setting of coaches' salaries.  Your Committee
believes that the issue of coaches' salaries require in-depth
study, with all implications being determined before salaries can
be set.


 
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     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 S.B. No.
1586, S.D. 1, 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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