Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1179 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote community service and voluntary citizen involvement in the state by appropriating state matching funds for the administration of the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service.

Youth Service Hawaii, Hawaii Service Learning Initiative, Americorps, Maui Economic Opportunity YouthBank, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service and University of Hawaii supported this measure with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1179, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1179, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.