Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Higher Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 210 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to urge University of Hawaii (UH), with other institutions, the military, and the Centers for Disease Control, to speedily rebuild a School of Global and Public Health.

UH and several concerned individuals testified in support of this resolution.

Your Committees recognize the projected need for an initial investment of $1 million to recruit ten new faculty members which will allow UH to begin to rebuild the program in areas that will ultimately be necessary for accreditation, serve the community, and compete for research dollars, as UH has indicated in its testimony.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 210 and recommend its adoption.