Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Hawaii state scholars program at the University of Hawaii for high performing high school graduates.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii state scholars program will encourage more of Hawaii's high achieving students to enroll at the University of Hawaii. Your Committee finds that the program complements similar existing university scholarship programs and will serve to recruit and recognize the accomplishments of a larger number of high performing Hawaii students.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 2.