Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 20 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to raise awareness of the detriments and frequency of cervical cancer within our society by designating the month of January as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

There were no testifiers for this measure.

Your Committee notes that H.C.R. No. 8, the House companion to this measure, was passed by this body and is progressing through the Senate.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting all of its provisions and adding the contents of H.C.R. No. 236 H.D. 1, 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 amended, the purpose of this concurrent resolution is now to improve international relations by requesting the Department of Education (DOE), University of Hawaii (UH), and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) to assist and support community efforts to establish student, faculty, and administrative staff exchange programs in the public and private schools and colleges and universities in Hawaii, with schools in the provinces in the Republic of the Philippines, with which the state has state-province relationships.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 20, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committees on Education and International Affairs in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 20, H.D. 1.