STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1759

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.C.R. No. 198

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 198 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO TO CONDUCT AN OUTREACH PROGRAM, PERFORM A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND ESTABLISH A HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING CENTER IN THE DISTRICT OF PUNA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase access to educational and training opportunities in rural areas of the State by requesting the University of Hawaii at Hilo to establish a higher education learning center in Puna on Hawaii Island and in support of this learning center, to establish an outreach program under the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management and conduct a needs assessment of existing educational resources and facilities.  

Hawaiian Shores Community Association and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Hilo provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 198 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair