STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3478

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 646

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 646, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Island Burial Council, Islands of Maui and Lanai

G.M. No. 646

KAHELEONALANI DUKELOW, for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Kaheleonalani Dukelow to possess the requisite commitment, sincerity, dedication, and qualifications to be nominated to the Island Burial Council, Islands of Maui and Lanai, as a Honuaula representative.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Kaheleonalani Dukelow from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual. 

     Ms. Dukelow earned her Bachelor's degree in Hawaiian Studies and her Master's degree in Teaching from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Since then, she has taught in various capacities in many schools throughout the State, including as a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Waiau, as a Hawaiian Studies Instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and as a Hawaiian Language Arts and Literature Teacher at Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Anuenue.  She is currently an Assistant Professor in Hawaiian Studies and Language at Maui Community College.  She is also the Director of the Ho‘okahua Student Study Center mentorship project for Hawaiian students, the Vice President of the Maui Hawaiian Language Immersion Advocacy Group, and a member of the State Department of Education's Strategic Plan for Hawaiian Language Immersion Committee.  Ms. Dukelow is well-known and respected in her community as an advocate for perpetuating and preserving native Hawaiian culture and traditions and is ideally suited to serve on the Island Burial Council, Islands of Maui and Lanai.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

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

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair