Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1060, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the programs of Hui Malama Learning Center.

Specifically, this measure funds the center's alternative education programs, including GED (general equivalency diploma) Foundations, academic tutorials, and home schooling enrichment.

Your Committee finds that the Hui Malama Learning Center plays an important role in helping to provide alternative educational opportunities for Maui's at-risk youth. Many of the youths served by the center have either been dismissed from school or have dropped out and no longer participate in the public school system. By providing alternative education and counseling programs, the center is a critical element in keeping these youths on track so that they can be a productive part of our society.

In order to facilitate further discussion on this matter, your Committee amended this measure by changing the appropriation from $105,000 to an unspecified amount.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1060, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1060, S.D. 2.