STAND. COM. REP. 349

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 620

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 620 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program at Kealakehe High School.

The Department of Education JROTC Program, the Principal of Kealakehe High School, and several individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that JROTC programs enable many young people to learn important skills and leadership qualities. If the program at Kealakehe High School is not funded, it is possible that the Army could move the program to a school outside of Hawaii, denying students in the State the opportunity to take advantage of this valuable program.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to facilitate further discussion.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 620, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 620, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair