STAND. COM. REP. 1638
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.C.R. No. 193
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 193 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE MERITS AND SUCCESSES OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM AND TO REJECT ANY PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE PROGRAM'S SCOPE OR TO MOVE IT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the U.S. Congress to:
(1) Recognize the meritorious aspects and the successes of the Head Start program;
(2) Maintain funding for Head Start at the highest possible level;
(3) Reject any proposal to move Head Start from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the U.S. Department of Education; and
(4) Reject any attempt to limit the scope of the Head Start program.
A concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 193 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Education,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
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