STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2850

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 95

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 95 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT A TASK FORCE BE ESTABLISHED TO IDENTIFY THE LIBRARY SERVICES NEEDED IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND SEEK COMMUNITY SOURCES OF FUNDING TO OFFSET THE LOSS OF FUNDING TO LIBRARIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request that a task force be established to identify the library services needed in underserved communities and to seek community sources of funding to offset the loss of funding to libraries.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Libraries have served as a clearinghouse of valuable information and resources for communities throughout the State.  The budgetary cuts to the Hawaii State Public Library System have resulted in reduced services and hours of operation for state libraries.  Your Committee finds that this measure jump starts discussions and collaboration among community members and representatives of public and private sector organizations to assess the needs of libraries in underserved communities and to find alternative sources of funding to restore the provision of important library services.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 95, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 95, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education and Housing,

 

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair