Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2044 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Waipahu High School.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education, Waipahu High School, the Career Center at Waipahu High School, and four private citizens.

Your Committees find that the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, established in 1916, is an enduring program that imparts upon our youth the important values of good citizenship, personal responsibility, and service to country. Your Committees also find that participants are educated as to their roles as citizens and learn to develop their own sense of character, self-discipline, and leadership abilities, which serves to further enhance our communities. Therefore, your Committees find that the State should support the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Waipahu High School with an appropriation of funds that will also be matched with federal funds.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2044 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.