THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

104

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

requesting the Department of Education, University of hawaii, and hawaii association of independent schools to SUPPORT a student, faculty, and administrative STAFF exchange program to involve students in THE public and private schools and colleges and university in Hawaii and students in SCHOOLS IN THE provinces in the Republic of the Philippines WITH WHICH THE STATE HAS STATE-PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS.

 

 

WHEREAS, student exchange programs involving students in Hawaii's schools provide the opportunity to learn first-hand the diverse cultures of other countries of the world; and

WHEREAS, these exchanges also foster and sustain good relationships and cultural exchange between foreign countries and the State of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, the student exchange program between the State of Hawaii and the educational system in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, now in its fifteenth year, has demonstrated the benefits and cost-effectiveness of these programs; and

WHEREAS, implementing similar student exchange programs between Hawaii and the provinces in the Republic of the Philippines with which the State has State-Province relationships would provide a more concrete and viable connection between the State and those provinces than a mere paper relationship; and

WHEREAS, the Governors of the provinces in the Republic of the Philippines with which the State has State-Province relationships, especially in the Ilocos Region, have expressed strong interest in developing student exchange programs; and

WHEREAS, the Filipino community in Hawaii has demonstrated its unity and resolve as a growing ethnic group of immense potential and influence in Hawaii; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2005, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Legislature requests the Department of Education, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and the University of Hawaii to assist in the planning and implementation of student, faculty, and administrative staff exchange programs to involve students, faculty, and administrative staff in the public and private schools in Hawaii and students, faculty, and administrative staff in schools in the provinces in the Republic of the Philippines with which the State has State-Province relationships; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii based Filipino Organization is requested to be one of the key participants who will determine the success or failure of such an exchange program; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature expresses, on behalf of itself and the Filipino community of Hawaii, strong support for the planning and implementation of such exchange programs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, the President of the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, the President of the University of Hawaii, the Chancellor of the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus and the respective Chancellors of the Community Colleges, the University of Hawaii Center on Philippine Studies, and the Governor, who in turn is requested to transmit copies to the Governors of the Provinces of Cebu, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and Pangasinan in the Republic of the Philippines, the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, the United Filipino Community Council, the Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, United Pangasinan of Hawaii, Ilocos Surian Association, Ilocos Nortenians of North America, the Congress of Visayan Organizations, and the unit and town organizations of the Sister Provinces to the State of Hawaii.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Student Exchange Programs for Hawaii/Philippine Sister-States