STAND. COM. REP. NO.  95-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2562

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2562 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a task force to locate potential, viable properties along the Waianae Coast, with a preference for a location in Nanakuli, on which to establish a Hawaiian language immersion school to educate students from kindergarten through grade twelve.

 

     The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  An individual provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Education and Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2562 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair