STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1649

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 190

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 190 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AS A SANCTIONED SPORT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, to examine the feasibility of establishing Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a sanctioned sport.

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that participation in athletics is a positive outlet for young people, and the addition of Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a Department of Education sanctioned sport may satisfy student interest in competitive martial arts.  The Department of Education should examine the feasibility of establishing Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a sanctioned sport.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 190, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair