STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3434

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 108

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.R. No. 108, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WORK WITH A SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE TO DEVELOP A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF A GYMNASIUM AT ANUENUE SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Department of Education, a school of architecture, and Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Ānuenue enter a partnership to develop a proof of concept plan and design for a gymnasium at Ānuenue School.

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

     Your Committee finds that students at Ānuenue School, a Hawaiian immersion school for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, are very active in a variety of athletic events and sports.  However, the school lacks a gymnasium and the physical constraints of the Ānuenue School site limit the available space to expand.  Thus, designing and constructing gymnasium facilities at the school are a challenge.

Your Committee further finds that establishing a partnership between the Department of Education, a school of architecture, and Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Ānuenue will allow the development of plans and designs for gymnasium facilities, while providing valuable learning opportunities for architectural students.

     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. 108, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair