STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1372-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.C.R. No. 94

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 94 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXPAND A SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM STATEWIDE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health, through its Healthy Hawaii Initiative, to convene a School Gardens Task Force to determine how best to expand a school garden program statewide.

The Department of Health and the Department of Education testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 94 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Agriculture,

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair