STAND. COM. REP. NO. 857

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 635

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 635, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

 

G.M. No. 635

FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Francisco Hernandez to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Francisco Hernandez from the Governor and seven individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that Francisco Hernandez received a Bachelor's degree in American History from the University of California at Berkeley.  He went on to receive a Master's degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the School of Education at Stanford University.

 

     Mr. Hernandez is currently the Vice Chancellor for Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Since 2006, Mr. Hernandez has also been developing and overseeing a project to provide online academic support services to high school students.  The project currently provides free online math tutoring for high school students using University of Hawaii at Manoa students as tutors.

 

     Mr. Hernandez has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Cooperative for Educational Technologies, which is one of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's major programs, and was previously appointed by the Governor of California to serve on the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education for California.  Mr. Hernandez has also served as a member of the Charter School Review Panel, Board of Directors of the YMCA Atherton Branch, and Board of Directors of the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus.  He has also served in several capacities to study and promote the use of technology in education.

 

     Mr. Hernandez's educational and professional experiences and commitment to the education of Hawaii's youth will make him a great asset to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education 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 Higher Education,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair