STAND. COM. REP. NO. 296-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1905
                                     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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1905 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is establish a pilot program that
would allow Jefferson Elementary School (school) to deposit with
the school, rather than to the general fund, eighty percent of
the moneys collected from rental fees for use of the school's
facilities. 

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by Thomas
Jefferson Elementary School and a concerned individual.  The
Department of Education submitted testimony in opposition to this
bill.

     Your Committee finds that by allowing the school to retain a
percentage of the rental fees it will be able to purchase many
needed items for the students.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the school shall be allowed to set
          their own rental fee schedule for usage of its
          facilities during the pilot project; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

 
 
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     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.
1905, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1905, 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