STAND. COM. REP. NO. 766-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2096
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2096 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to implement the recommendation
of the Felix Management and Accountability Study, which changes
the formula for allocating regular education teachers so that
each special education student is counted as one whole regular
education student, by appropriating funds for the establishment
of 260 full-time equivalent permanent teacher positions in the
Department of Education (DOE).

     The DOE, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and an
individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the
appropriation sum to $1 to facilitate continued discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2096, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2096, H.D. 1.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair