Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 79 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request Congress to support full funding for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act).

The Department of Education supported this measure.

Your Committee finds that vocational and technical education are important for acquiring skills necessary to be successful in the workforce. Your Committee further finds that decreases in funding for the Perkins Act could have a debilitating effect on the nation's ability to obtain a highly skilled and dedicated workforce.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 79 and recommends its adoption.