STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1694

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.R. No. 55

      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.R. No. 55, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN HAWAII PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS IN PROVINCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH WHICH THE STATE HAS STATE-PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to foster and sustain international friendship, understanding, and goodwill between the people of Hawaii and the people of the Republic of the Philippines by requesting the Department of Education to support a student exchange program between students from Hawaii and students from the Republic of the Philippines.

The Department of Education, the Congress of Visayan Organizations, the JCI-Hawaii Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce, Dance Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     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.R. No. 55, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair