STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1398

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 178

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 178 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION INTO THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve sustainability education in Hawaii by requesting the Board of Education to incorporate sustainability education into the science curriculum of public schools.

The County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor, the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, the Maui School Garden Network, the Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative, the Kohala Center, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure. The Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaii at Hilo supported the intent of the measure. The Department of Education and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 178, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 178, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair