Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2264, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the long-standing shortage of social workers on the neighbor islands and in remote, rural areas of the State. This bill appropriates $1 for the University of Hawaii (UH) School of Social Work to operate a master of social work degree program through a distance education format.

UH, UH-Manoa's School of Social Work, National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and five individuals testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2264, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.