STAND. COM. REP. NO.  269

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1317

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1317 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote the rejuvenation of the Hawaiian language by appropriating funds to both the Department of Education and Department of Human Services to support programs that encourage the use of the Hawaiian language and promote fluency of the Hawaiian language in prekindergarten-aged children.

 

     The Department of Education, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and several individuals provided testimony in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1317 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Education,

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair