Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 56 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Education to work in conjunction with the youth of the First Representative District and community agencies in the area to develop community-based youth programs.

Your Committee held a hearing on a proposed House draft requesting the Social Science Research Institute of the University of Hawaii to conduct an assessment of the educational needs of the North Hawaii region.

Testimony in support was received by the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Your Committee has accordingly amended this measure by deleting its contents and title and replacing them with those of the proposed House draft.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 56, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 56, H.D. 1.