STAND. COM. REP. NO. 58
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 449
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. 449 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE PLAY-AND-LEARN MORNINGS AT EVERY NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Offer an alternative to early childhood education and care programs; and
(2) Encourage interaction between a child, the child's family, and the child care provider,
by appropriating funds for play-and-learn mornings at every native Hawaiian homestead community.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children, PATCH, Good Beginnings Alliance, and Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture 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. 449 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Human Services and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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