STAND. COM. REP. 2548

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.R. No. 10

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 10 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO UPDATE THE 1994 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES' MASTER BUILDING PLAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the University of Hawaii to update the master building plan for the College of Education which was developed in 1994 by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the University of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii is in the process of preparing a Long-Range Development Plan for the entire Manoa campus, and the College of Education facilities will be included as an integral part of that plan. As the college's capacity to produce teachers has been increased by providing funds for outreach to the neighbor islands and success in securing external grants and contracts, currently available building space is not sufficient to accommodate the current expanded outreach efforts and faculty and staff hired through grants and contracts. The existing facilities are also inadequate for new faculty needed in teacher education.

Your Committee further finds that the Department of Accounting and General Services has found that three large College of Education buildings are obsolete, fail to meet current standards, and pose safety and health hazards. Given these facts, it is appropriate for the University of Hawaii to update the master building plan for the College of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 10 and recommends its adoption.

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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair