STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1197-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 3071
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to help ensure improved outcomes for Native Hawaiian children in the public school system by appropriating general revenues to fund three permanent faculty positions and provide for operating expenses for Ho‘okulaiwi: ‘Aha Ho‘ona‘auao ‘Oiwi, within the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of House Bill No. 2706, H.D. 1, which is substantially similar, thereby amending the current measure by:
(1) Requiring a dollar-for-dollar match of general funds by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs prior to the expenditure of any funds;
(2) Specifying an appropriation figure of $400,000;
(3) Clarifying that Ho‘okulaiwi: ‘Aha Ho‘ona‘auao ‘Oiwi is to be placed within the University of Hawaii at Manoa, rather than the College of Education of the Manoa campus; and
(4) Clarifying language in the purpose section and making additional technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair |
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