STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3568

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 85

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 85 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COMPLY IN FULL WITH THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR'S MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S HAWAIIAN STUDIES PROGRAM,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education and Department of Education to comply in full with the findings and recommendations of the Auditor's management audit of the Department's Hawaiian Studies Program.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and eight individuals.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

 

     Your Committees find that the Auditor has previously issued two reports covering the Department of Education's Hawaiian Studies Program (Program).  Your Committees urge the Department of Education to comply with the findings of the Auditor's reports by:

 

     (1)  Allocating appropriate resources to the Program;

 

     (2)  Updating and revising the Program and curriculum for grades K-6;

 

     (3)  Monitoring the use of Hawaiian Studies funds in the schools;

 

     (4)  Making a clear statement as to the role of kupuna and makua as the teachers of the Hawaiian culture and the role of the regular classroom teacher;

 

     (5)  Allocating substantive resources for kupuna and makua training and educational programs; and

 

     (6)  Providing an accounting of all expenditures relating to the establishment and implementation of a Hawaiian education program as required by Article X, Section 4, of the Hawaii State Constitution.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 85, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair		____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair