Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 33 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the reevaluation of enlistment policies for homeschooled students.

Although no formal testimony was received on this measure, your Committees received comments on this issue from The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

Your Committees find that reports suggest that while the Armed Services in the past allowed enlistment of tier one homeschooled candidates with a score of fifty and above, at present they no longer enlist homeschoolers either above or below the score of fifty. As research demonstrates that homeschoolers achieve higher scores compared to public school graduates on a variety of tests, your Committees believe that homeschool graduates have qualities that could contribute to the military service, specifically in light of the current need for military recruitment.

Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by including language indicating the criteria for homeschoolers eligible for enlistment as tier one candidates.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 33, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 33, S.D. 1.