STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1319

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 120

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Culture & the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 120 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO ESTABLISH A MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN ETHNIC STUDIES IN THE ETHNIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to help provide an additional means of academic training in the interdisciplinary analysis of social issues and problems critical to the engagement of and policymaking for multi-ethnic communities by requesting the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to establish a master's degree program in ethnic studies in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa by the fall semester of 2013, and to report on the progress of the program's establishment prior to the 2012 legislative session.

     The Ethnic Studies Department at UH Manoa, ILWU Local 142, Philippine Workers Support Committee, Director of the SEED Office at UH Manoa, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  UH opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Culture & the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.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 Culture & the Arts,

____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

____________________________ SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair