STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3613

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 605, 606

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 605 and 606, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Early Learning Advisory Board

G.M. No. 605	MICHAEL FAHEY, for a term to expire 06-30-2016; and
G.M. No. 606	MICHAEL FAHEY, for a term to expire 06-30-2020 (term amended to 6-30-2019 by GM649),

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and personal statement submitted by the nominee and finds Michael Fahey to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated for appointment and reappointment to the Early Learning Advisory Board.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment and reappointment of Michael Fahey from the Executive Office on Early Learning, Early Learning Advisory Board, Hawaii Children's Action Network, and one individual.

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Mr. Fahey's professional experience, background, and commitment to public service qualify him for nomination for appointment and reappointment to the Early Learning Advisory Board.  Your Committee notes that Mr. Fahey has more than forty years of experience as a special education teacher and school administrator.  Mr. Fahey has also served the Department of Education for seventeen years as the State 619 Coordinator for Preschool Special Education Programs and was one of the original members of the State of Hawaii Interagency Transition Team for STEPS (Sequenced Transition of Education into the Public Schools).  Your Committee further finds that Mr. Fahey's experience and dedication to the needs of Hawaii's students will be great assets to the Early Learning Advisory Board.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that are 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 Education,

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair