STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1110

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 8
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.C.R. No. 8 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
     EDUCATION TO STUDY THE MERITS OF TRANSFERRING CONTROL OF ALL
     PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LOCATED ON UNITED STATES
     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC
     EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED PREDOMINATELY BY STUDENTS
     RESIDING ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES, TO THE
     U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Board of
Education to study the merits of transferring to the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD) control of all public educational
institutions that are:

     (1)  Located on DOD facilities; and

     (2)  Attended predominantly by students residing on DOD
          facilities.

     A member of the public testified in support of this measure.
The Board of Education and the American Friends Service Committee
opposed this measure.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:


 
 
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     (1)  Deleting the studies related to transferring certain
          public schools to the U.S. Department of Defense;

     (2)  Urging all relevant parties to work cooperatively to:

          (a)  Increase the amount of federal impact aid awarded
               to Hawaii;

          (b)  Seek alternative funding sources for the education
               of federally-connected special needs students;

          (c)  Determine how such moneys are disbursed;

          (d)  Examine ways to direct federal impact aid moneys
               to the affected schools, instead of the state
               general fund; and

          (e)  Ensure that parents of federally-connected
               children have ready access to information
               regarding the public school education of their
               children, in particular, specific ways these
               parents can become involved in the decision-making
               process.

     (3)  Amending the title to read:  "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT
          OF EDUCATION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF
          BUDGET AND FINANCE, HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION,
          PARENTS OF FEDERALLY-CONNECTED STUDENTS, AND FACULTY OF
          THE AFFECTED SCHOOLS, TO WORK COOPERATIVELY IN THE
          MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS EDUCATING FEDERALLY-CONNECTED
          CHILDREN"; and

     (4)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          the purpose of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of H.C.R. No. 8, as amended herein, and recommends that
it be referred to the Committee on Education in the form attached
hereto as H.C.R. No. 8, H.D. 1.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair