STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1131

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 967
                                        H.D. 3
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 967, H.D. 3, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
     COLLEGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the College of
Hawaiian Language to contract in the Hawaiian language directly
with providers rather than with the Research Corporation of the
University of Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
University of Hawaii at Hilo and the College of Hawaiian Language
at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  Testimony in support of the
intent of this measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs.

     Your Committee finds that this measure would greatly
facilitate the work of the College of Hawaiian Language at the
University of Hawaii at Hilo since the College conducts all its
business in Hawaiian.  Although a young entity, the College of
Hawaiian Language has already drawn much national and
international attention.  The College of Hawaiian Language must
have the freedom to promote and strengthen Hawaiian language use
throughout the State.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure to clarify that the
College of Hawaiian Language, when contracting directly with
providers in Hawaiian, must follow University of Hawaii
contracting procedures.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 967, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 967, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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