STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2100

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 74

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Legislative Management, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 74, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL, PROGRAM, AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S HAWAIIAN STUDIES PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

    The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct a financial, program, and management audit of the Department of Education's Hawaiian Studies Program.

     Testifying in strong support are several Kupuna working within the Department of Education, a senior professor at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH, a kupuna testifying in support, the Department of Education Superintendent providing testimony supporting the intent of this measure, and the president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association offering comments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 74, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Legislative Management,

____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair