STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1349
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1430
H.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Higher Education and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and
intent of this measure is to establish
the Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the
University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Your Committees
received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System, Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u,
Ukwanshin Kabudan, ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, National
Coalition of Native American Language Schools and Programs, Japanese Chamber of
Commerce & Industry of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Island Chamber of Commerce, Kupuna
for the Mo‘opuna, and eighty-four individuals.
Your Committees find that the University of
Hawaii at Hilo Hawaiian Language College and the University of Hawaii at Hilo
Imiloa Astronomy Center are establishing a Hawaiian language medium early
education pathway. The establishment of
this pathway has required great agility on behalf of the College and the
Center, including in areas such as scheduling courses outside of the
University's standard semesters to provide curriculum and instruction to
pre-kindergarten to grade twelve institutions and teaching at the College's
laboratory school program to fill gaps in instruction. Your Committees further find that the
structure of an institute would allow the College and Center to more
effectively respond to these unique needs for the pathway's development. Therefore, this measure establishes the
Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach as a collaboration
between the University of Hawaii at Hilo Hawaiian Language College and the University
of Hawaii at Hilo Imiloa Astronomy Center to allow the College and Center to
more effectively carry out their joint work.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Hawaiian Affairs,
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________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair |
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________________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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