STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1018

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 151

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 151, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Disability and Communication Access Board

G.M. No. 151

BRIAN KAJIYAMA,

for a term to expire 06-30-2006,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from Disability and Communication Access Board, KOKUA Program of the University of Hawaii, and eight individuals. The nominee received a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal studies, focusing on advocacy for the disabled (vocational rehabilitation), at the University of Hawaii (UH). The nominee is presently pursuing a Masters in Education degree in educational counseling and guidance at the UH.

Mr. Kajiyama is presently employed as a graduate assistant for special education for a professor at the UH. Your Committee notes that Mr. Kajiyama focused his undergraduate study on advocacy for persons with disabilities. Although challenged physically, he has achieved far more in his life than many people with his active and intelligent mind. As a graduate student, he is studying the utilization of all types of communication devices for the disabled, including accessing and utilizing augmentative communication.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair