STAND. COM. REP. NO.  429-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3398

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 3398, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand language programs in the University of Hawaii (UH) system by appropriating funds to provide Philippine language and Filipino-American studies courses systemwide.

     The Filipino American Citizens League, National Federation of Filipino American Associations Region XII, Nursing, Advocates & Mentors, Inc., Congress of Visayan Organizations, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, Katipuanan Magazine of the Filipino Language and Philippine Literature Program at UH at Manoa, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  UH supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying references to languages and culture by replacing some of the terms with "Filipino" and "Ilokano."

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3398, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3398, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair