STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 82

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 999

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 999 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MEDIUM EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Involve the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH-Manoa) Kualii Council (Council) in the determination of necessary qualifications of personnel of any office of Hawaiian language medium education; and

(2) Add teacher education and curriculum development to the subjects to be considered by the Department of Education (DOE), UH-Manoa, and the Council in addressing Hawaiian language medium education.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, UH-Manoa Kualii Native Hawaiian Advisory Council, UH-Manoa Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The University of Hawaii and Ka Lei Papahi 'o Kakuhihewa supported this measure with amendments. DOE supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Replacing the original amendment to section 302H-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), with language clarifying that DOE shall work collaboratively with UH-Manoa in partnership with the Kualii Council to address Hawaiian language medium education; and

(2) Deleting the redundant amendment to section 302H-3, HRS.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 999, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 999, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Higher Education,

____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair