STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1612

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 114
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No.
114 entitled:

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS
     AND BENCHMARKS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF
     PERIODIC PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENTS OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
     AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department
of Education to develop standards and benchmarks for physical
fitness and to perform periodic physical fitness assessments of
public elementary and secondary school students.

     This resolution also requests the assistance of the
Department of Health, the University of Hawaii, the county
Departments of Parks and Recreation, the Division of Parks and
Recreation of the County of Kauai, the Hawaii Recreation and
Parks Association, and the Hawaii Chapter of the American Academy
of Pediatricians.  The Department of Education is requested to
submit the standards and benchmarks for physical fitness and a
schedule for performing periodic physical fitness assessments of
public elementary and secondary school students to the
Legislature not less than twenty days prior to the convening of
the Regular Session of 2001, or sooner.


 
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     Your Committee received testimony in support of this
resolution from the Department of Education and the University of
Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 114,
and recommends that it 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

 
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