HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                           THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                            REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

                             COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
                       Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chairman
                    Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chairman
           Rep. Lei Ahu Isa                  Rep. Iris Ikeda Catalani
           Rep. Kenny Goodenow               Rep. Michael P. Kahikina
           Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho               Rep. Sylvia Luke
           Rep. Bob Nakasone                 Rep. Scott K. Saiki
           Rep. Brian Schatz                 Rep. Nathan Suzuki
           Rep. Brian Y. Yamane              Rep. Galen Fox
           Rep. Barbara Marumoto             Rep. Colleen Meyer
           Rep. Mark Moses

                               NOTICE OF HEARING

                DATE:    Wednesday, February 24, 1999
                TIME:    5:00 P.M.
                PLACE:   Conference Room 308, State Capitol

                                A G E N D A # 7

HB 532 HD2    RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS.
HSCR 573      Prohibits persons, on the basis of their sex, from being discriminated
           against in any interscholastic, club, or intramural athletics offered
           by a public school.  Prohibits public schools from providing athletics
           separately on the basis of sex. (EDN,JHA,FIN)

HB 512 HD1    RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HSCR 438      Repeals the sunset of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. (EDN,CPC,FIN)

HB 519        RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.
HSCR 601      Provides for staggering the terms of the members of the Hawaii Teacher
           Standards Board. (EDN,CPC,FIN)

HB 1170 HD1   RELATING TO COST-RECOVERY FEES FOR DELINQUENT LIBRARY ACCOUNTS.
HSCR 141      Authorizes the Board of Education to establish fees for the
           administrative costs of collecting fees for overdue or lost books, for
           use of materials requiring special equipment, and library sponsored
           seminars and workshops. (EDN,FIN)

HB 1168 HD1   RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES PROGRAM.
HSCR 140      Extends sunset of Act 327, SLH 1993, which authorizes the library
           system to charge fees for enhanced services. (EDN,FIN)

HB 199        RELATING TO THE OLD KAIMUKI LIBRARY.
           Converts the old Kaimuki public library to a senior center. (FIN)

HB 87         RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HSCR 550      Establishes a community-based pilot project that enables students to
           have an opportunity to participate in the formulation of activity
           programs. (EDN,FIN)

HB 149 HD1    PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII
HSCR 676      CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM AN ELECTED BOARD TO
           AN APPOINTED BOARD. (EDN,JHA,FIN)

HB 1088 HD1   RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
HSCR 429      Permits the Board of Education to determine the starting age for
           children entering kindergarten and the first grade. (EDN,FIN)

HB 510        RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
HSCR 346      Allows the BOE to employ its own attorneys without the approval of the
           AG. (EDN,FIN)

HB 853 HD1    RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED BUDGETING.
HSCR 345      Amends chapters 37 and 302A, HRS, to facilitate implementation of
           financing agreement authorizations and the kinds of school-based
           budgeting. (EDN,FIN)


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HB 854        RELATING TO EDUCATION.
           Cuts in half to $45,000,000 the portion of general excise tax revenues
           deposited into the state educational facilities improvement special
           fund. (FIN)

HB 1389 HD1   PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, AND ARTICLE X,
HSCR 583      SECTION I, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF
           SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO PRIVATE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
           EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (EDN,JHA,FIN)





                   DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW IF TIME PERMITS


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IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES
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                                         Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine
                                         Chairman