STAND. COM. REP. NO.104

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1390

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1390 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create and appropriate funds for two educational specialist positions in the areas of dance and drama.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education, Hawaii Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students, and one individual supported this bill. The Department of Education supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the arts are crucial to a well-rounded education. The arts are part of the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards, which are the backbone of the public school curriculum. Funding these positions would go a long way toward establishing the effective management of a more comprehensive arts curriculum.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion, and making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and consistency.

 

 

 

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. 1390, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1390, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Tourism and Culture.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair