STAND. COM. REP. 2559

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2174

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2174 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH INVOLVEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the last week of March and the last Thursday in March as Youth Involvement Recognition Week and Day, respectively.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Education and Hawaii Youth Services Network.

This measure does not establish a state holiday. Your Committee views this measure as recognizing and affirming youth development programs, services, policymakers, governmental agencies, and educational entities that have successfully developed youth participation and involvement programs. This measure also recognizes youth of Hawaii who have made contributions to the success of these youth development program efforts.

According to the Hawaii Youth Services Network, fifty-five percent of high school students are involved in volunteer community service. Approximately 44,000 high school students are volunteers.

Your Committee finds that our youth are a valuable resource and one of our greatest assets. Empowering youth to play significant roles in the planning and shaping of their communities fosters a sense of ownership, competence, and commitment. In recognizing the concerted efforts of our youth and government, we reinforce the hope for a better tomorrow.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2174, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2174, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair