STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1505

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 158
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 158 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
     INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER TRAINING CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Board of
Land and Natural Resources to allow a portion of the Nike base at
Mokuleia to be used by Leeward Community College for the
establishment of telescope facilities and for the development of
an international science teacher training center to bring about
necessary reforms in science education in America's schools. 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this
resolution from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the
University of Hawaii Community Colleges.  

     Your Committee finds that a greater emphasis on technology
in educational institutions will help young people prepare for
careers in the 21st century.  Leeward Community College has been
selected as the lead institution for development of an
international science teacher training center.  Furthermore, the
former federally-owned Nike base at Peacock Flats above Mokuleia
on Oahu is now public land owned by the State and has been
selected by the IMPACT consortium as the best site for remote-
operated telescopes for the international science teacher
training center.  

     The telescope facilities will require only a small portion
of the former base and will be operated by Leeward Community
College for the residents of Hawaii and for the IMPACT programs
to reform science education in America's K-12 schools.  This

 
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program will become a part of a national and international
network of science programs for educational reform.  

     Your Committee revised this resolution by:  

     1.   Providing that Leeward Community College consult with
          members of the community; and 

     2.   Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of style and clarity.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
158, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Higher Education, in the form attached hereto as
H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair