STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1429

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.R. No. 172

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Higher Education and International Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 172 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, AND HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT A STUDENT, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAM TO INVOLVE STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY IN HAWAII AND STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH WHICH THE STATE HAS STATE-PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to improve international relations by requesting the Department of Education (DOE), University of Hawaii (UH), and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) to support a student, faculty, and administrative staff exchange program to involve students in the public and private schools and colleges and universities in Hawaii, and students in schools in the provinces in the Republic of the Philippines, with which the state has state-province relationships.

HAIS, the Ilocos Surian Association of Hawaii, Congress of Visayan Organizations, National Federation of Filipino Organizations, and Annac ti Caoayan 2002 testified in support of this resolution. DOE and UH supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees have amended this resolution by:

(1) Expanding the scope of the measure to include all provinces and prefectures with which the State has state-province-prefecture relationships;

(2) Changing the purpose of the measure to request DOE, UH, and HAIS to assist and support community efforts to establish these exchange programs;

(3) Removing the Hawaii-based Filipino Organization as one of the key participants requested to determine the success or failure of such exchange programs; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style, including changing the title to read: "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, AND HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH STUDENT, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN HAWAII WITH SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES AND PREFECTURES WITH WHICH THE STATE HAS STATE-PROVINCE-PREFECTURE RELATIONSHIPS."

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education, Higher Education, and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 172, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 172, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education, Higher Education,and International Affairs,

____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair
		____________________________ HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair