STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1351-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 170

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 170 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP, OFFER, AND EXPAND PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE COURSES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education to develop, offer, and expand Philippine language courses.

     The University of Hawaii System and the Department of Education offered comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 170 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education,

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair