STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3193

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 297

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 297 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING GOOGLE INC. TO SELECT HAWAII AS A TEST SITE TO CONDUCT THE GOOGLE GIGABIT BROADBAND INITIATIVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge Google to select Hawaii as a test site to conduct the Google Gigabit Broadband Initiative.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the High Technology Development Corporation.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee has deleted the contents of this measure and replaced the contents with the language in S.C.R. No. 186, S.D. 1, which was previously heard and approved by this Committee.  Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Amends the title to read:  REQUESTING REPORTS ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF EXPANDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY AND STEM INITIATIVES; and

     (2)  Requests written reports to the 2011 Legislature, including:

          (A)  A report on the economic value of expanded workforce development capacity to be provided by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and

          (B)  An update on STEM initiatives, including Research Experiences for Teachers – Middle School, Project Environmental and Spatial Technology, Hi-EST, and FIRST academies, and other robotics within Hawaii schools, to be provided by the University of Hawaii College of Engineering; Department of Education; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Robotics Organizing Committee; and the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii Inc., and the Hawaii 3Ts School Technology Laboratories Fund, under section 302A-1314, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 297, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 297, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair