STAND. COM. REP. NO.503

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1590

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. 1590 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support and continue the Community-based Youth Leadership Demonstration Project (Project) for the Hilo-Hamakua-Kohala region of the Island of Hawaii.

Several individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Office of Youth Services and the Department of Education supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this Project greatly benefits students on the Big Island. Students in the Project participate in activities that teach leadership skills and help them to become role models among their peers. The Project instills these youths with practical knowledge and experience that allow them to deal with issues such as teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and gang activities.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation amounts to $1 each to facilitate further discussion. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments have also been made for the purpose of clarity.

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. 1590, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1590, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair