STAND. COM. REP. NO.  662

 

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 Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1317 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

     The Department of Education, Aha Punana Leo, and numerous individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services submitted comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1317 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair