STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1168

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1430

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo through a collaboration between the University of Hawaii at Hilo Imiloa Astronomy Center and University of Hawaii at Hilo Hawaiian language college.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo; Hale Kuamo‘o Hawaiian Language Center, a division of Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo; Kupuna for the Mo‘opuna; Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u; ‘Aha Pūnana Leo; National Coalition of Native American Language Schools and Programs; Ukwanshin Kabudan; WP Rivers & Associates; Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u Iki Laboratory Public Charter School; Association for Research and Repatriation of Indigenous Ryūkyū Remains; Pūnana Leo o Wai‘anae; Pūnana Leo o Waimea; Pūnana Leo o Hāna; Pūnana Leo o Hilo; Pūnana Leo o Kaua‘i; Pūnana Leo o Maui; Pūnana Leo o Kona; Pūnana Leo o Mānoa; Pūnana Leo o Ko‘olau Poko; Pūnana Leo o Lahaina; Pūnana Leo o Nu‘uanu; Pūnana Leo o Waialua; and numerous individuals.

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. 1430, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair