STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1229-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 188
                                     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 Higher Education, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 188 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
     A RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND A MASTERS OF ARTS PROGRAM AT THE
     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA CENTER FOR HAWAIIAN STUDIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the
establishment of a research institute and a Master of Arts
program at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa Center for
Hawaiian Studies.

     The Center for Hawaiian Studies, Life of the Land, the UH
School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, Mission Houses
Museum, Ka Lahui Hawaii, and several individuals supported this
concurrent resolution.

     Your Committee finds that a research institute and a
graduate program located at the UH at Manoa would help to fulfill
the constitutional mandate to support Hawaiian studies in the
State.  There has been a significant amount of interest in the
existing Hawaiian Studies program at the UH, and its graduates do
not have any relevant advanced degrees available to them, except
in Hawaiian language at the UH at Hilo.  Those who are interested
in the broader Hawaiian subject matter have to seek advanced
degrees in other disciplines such as history, and are largely
left to craft their own expertise in Hawaiian studies.  The
establishment of a research institute and a graduate program

 
 
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would give direction and support scholars who have already made
significant efforts to further the knowledge of the State's
history and culture.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing the word "supporting" to "encouraging" in the
          title and body of this measure;

     (2)  Adding a whereas clause suggesting that the UH at Manoa
          work collaboratively with the UH at Hilo to fulfill the
          constitutional mandate to support and perpetuate
          Hawaiian Studies; and 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
188, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
188, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair