STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1756

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.C.R. No. 130

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Culture & the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 130, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER USING THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON YOUNG STREET, ADJACENT TO THE ACADEMY ART CENTER, AS AN ART RESOURCE CENTER FOR TEACHERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support arts education in Hawaii by requesting the Department of Education (DOE) to consider using the property located on Young Street, adjacent to the Honolulu Academy of Arts' Academy Art Center, as an art resource center for teachers and to establish a working group to explore the feasibility of this plan.

     DOE and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Culture & the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 130, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Culture & the Arts,

____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair