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 H.B. No. 2040, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Senator Hiram L. Fong Scholarship Program at the University of Hawaii.

The Department of Education, the University of Hawaii System, the City and County of Honolulu, the Senator Hiram L. Fong Commission, and two individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.

The Senator Hiram L. Fong Commission was established to determine how best to honor and recognize Senator Hiram L. Fong, a distinguished political, business, and community leader. Your Committee agrees with the commission’s recommendation to establish and endow a Senator Hiram L. Fong Scholarship Program at the University of Hawaii. Your Committee finds that recommended program is an appropriate way to honor the memory of Senator Hiram L. Fong.

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. 2040, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.