Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Energy, Environment, and International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 149 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Education develop and implement a student and faculty exchange program with the Philippines.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System. Comments in support of the spirit of this measure were received from the Department of Education.

Your Committees find that although the Department has stated that it lacks the resources to develop and implement such a program at this time, in honor of the Hawaii Filipino Centennial, your Committees would pass this measure to have the Department of Education at least start investigating the feasibility of an exchange program.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Energy, Environment, and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 149 and recommend its adoption.