STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3550

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 63

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 63 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO NAME THE NEW KIHEI HIGH SCHOOL IN HONOR OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY T. MINK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to name the new Kihei High School in honor of the late United States Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Rainbow Family 808, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink was a barrier-breaker and dedicated champion of equality. During her tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink worked tirelessly for the fundamental rights of and equity for women, children, immigrants, and other disenfranchised people, especially in education.

Your Committee further finds that the Department of Education is in the process of building a new high school in Kihei to serve South Maui families, located a short distance from where Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink herself attended high school. Your Committee believes that, given her extraordinary dedication to advocating for educational equity and the overall well-being of children, there would be no better way to honor the legacy of Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink than to have an educational institution in her birthplace bear her name. Accordingly, this measure requests the Department of Education to name the new Kihei High School in her honor.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.C.R. No. 63, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 63, S.D. 1.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair