STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1033-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 3071

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 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 increase the opportunities for Native Hawaiian language and culture in the public school curricula through addressing the shortage of high quality Native Hawaiian teachers by appropriating funds for fiscal year 2012-2013 for Ho‘okulaiwi:  ‘Aha Ho‘ona‘auao ‘Oiwi, the program for Native Hawaiian and indigenous education within the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, University of Hawaii College of Education, Department of Education, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Sovereign Councils of Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, Nanakuli Neighborhood Board, Waianae Kai Homestead Community Association, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair