Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 444 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to help native Hawaiian children gain access to early childhood education and care by appropriating funds to increase the number of child care subsidies for this population.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children, PATCH, and Good Beginnings Alliance testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 444 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Human Services and Hawaiian Affairs.