STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3320
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 198
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 Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 198 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A SEPARATE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MEDIUM EDUCATION FOR THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF THE PROGRAM AND TO COLLABORAT
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to urge the Board of Education to create a se
parate office of Hawaiian language medium education and collaborate with Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikōlani to strengthen the Hawaiian language.Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai`i System, `Aha Pūnana Le
o, and two individuals. Comments on this measure were received from the Board of Education.Your Committees find that several testifiers asked that the measure be amended to be more inclusive of other stakeholders who wish to participate in the Hawaiian language medium education program. Your Committees request that the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs consider the merits of amending this measure to reflect such a suggestion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 198 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Higher Education,
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____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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