Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2286, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate matching funds for the administration of the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii, Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service (commission), Americorp Program, Youth Service Hawaii, and an individual.

Your Committee finds that the commission administers six community volunteer programs on Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Kauai, and Hawaii. Its Americorp members provide support and education on domestic abuse prevention. Some of their services include Meals on Wheels for homebound seniors, programs for endangered species restoration, invasive species removal, native forest recovery, coastal clean up, aquatic resource management, and trail building and management. Your Committee finds that these programs provide substantial benefits to the State. The funds appropriated in this measure will be used as matching funds which will allow the State to receive an additional $1,000,000 in program and training funds.

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. 2286, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.