STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1864-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.C.R. No. 120

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 S.C.R. No. 120 entitled:

"SENATE 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 a plan to offer Philippine language and related courses and teacher training, including recommendations to implement these courses in specific schools within the Department of Education (DOE) and University of Hawaii campuses.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Congress of Visayan Organizations, Filipino American Citizens League, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, National Federation of Filipino American Associations Region XII, Nursing Advocates & Mentors, Inc., Oahu Filipino Community Council, Philippine Nurses Association-Hawaii, United Filipino Council of Hawaii, and six concerned citizens.  One individual gave oral testimony in support of this measure.

     The University of Hawaii System and the DOE submitted 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 S.C.R. No. 120 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