Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 283, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of SCOTT S. MORISHIGE from the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service, the University of Hawaii, and a Member of the House of Representatives. The nominee is presently employed as a Legislative Office Manager in the House of Representatives. Previously he was employed as Center for Equal Justice Manager and as an AmeriCorps Legal Advocate with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oregon State University and is presently a candidate for a Masters in Social Work degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The nominee is currently the youth representative on the Hawai'i Commission For National And Community Service, and is active on the Board of Directors of P.A.R.E.N.T.S., Inc. [Providing Awareness Referrals Education Nurturing Therapy Support], a private nonprofit community-based organization that offers courses in parenting and coping skills to strengthen families.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.