STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1445

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 8

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.R. No. 8 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MEET WITH INTERESTED PARTIES TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A BOXING PILOT PROGRAM IN AT LEAST ONE OF HAWAII'S PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to meet with interested parties to examine the feasibility of establishing a boxing pilot program in at least one of Hawaii's public high schools.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that while boxing provides valuable skills that can be used throughout life, such as self-defense, young adults in Hawaii can currently participate in boxing only through the use of private boxing gyms and facilities, which can be costly.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 8 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair