STAND. COM. REP. NO. 184-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2092
                                     




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.
2092 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the running start
program in the Department of Education.

     The running start program allows high school students to
take community college courses and satisfy both college and high
school course requirements simultaneously.

     Your Committee finds that this program is based on
Washington State's running start program that has grown from 358
students in 1993, to 12,458 students in the 1998-1999 school
year.  Washington's success with the program during the past
seven years has generated genuine excitement and enthusiasm for
learning that has not only helped students individually, but has
enhanced the academic atmosphere in their high schools as well.

     Your Committee further finds that the running start program
will motivate students to improve their academic skills to better
prepare themselves for college and also provide a much needed
opportunity for students interested in industrial arts classes
that are not available at the high school level.

 
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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.
2092 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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

 
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