HCR75

WHEREAS, Article X, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii requires the State to "promote the study of Hawaiian culture, history and language", and imposes on the State a duty to "provide for a Hawaiian education program consisting of language, culture and history in the public schools"; and

WHEREAS, West Oʻahu is home to one of the largest populations of Native Hawaiians in the State; and

WHEREAS, the ʻEwa district of Oʻahu is experiencing a significant growth in its population, but it lacks a permanent Hawaiian language immersion school that serves students in grades kindergarten through twelve; and

WHEREAS, the vision of the ʻEwa Moku education movement is to establish a self-contained Kula Kaiapuni Hawaiian language immersion school in Kapolei that serves students in those grades; and

WHEREAS, the school would help meet the growing need and demand for Hawaiian language immersion education in the ʻEwa District and the neighboring moku of Waiʻanae; and

WHEREAS, the State should fulfill its constitutional obligation to provide students with Hawaiian language education access; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, Regular Session of 2026, the Senate concurring, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is encouraged to work with the Office of Hawaiian Education to create and convene a working group to establish a K-12 Hawaiian Immersion Campus in West Oʻahu; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the working group shall adhere to the following provisions:

(1) Convene immediately after the adoption of the resolution;

(2) Meet at least quarterly for one year to study and develop a plan for the establishment of a K–12 Hawaiian language immersion campus in West Oʻahu within the Honoʻuliʻuli Ahupuaʻa;

(3) Hold a final meeting to review and approve a draft set of recommendations;

(4) Submit a report to the Hawaiʻi State Legislature with its findings and recommendations, including:

(A) Potential locations or partnerships;

(B) Estimated enrollment demand;

(D) Teacher workforce pipeline; and

(E) Implementation timeline; and

(5) Include a proposed roadmap for establishing the campus by the year 2040; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the working group shall consist of the following members:

(1) A representative from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, selected from within the Office of Hawaiian Education;

(2) An administrative representative from Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Immersion Program);

(3) A teacher representative from Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Immersion Program);

(4) A representative from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs;

(5) A representative from the Hawaiʻi Public Charter School Commission;

(6) A board member representative from the ʻAha Kauleo;

(7) A representative from the University of Hawaiʻi system, selected from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language or the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language;

(8) A representative from the University of Hawaiʻi Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program;

(9) A representative from the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu Hawaiian language program;

(10) A representative from the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education;

(11) A representative of a Native Hawaiian community organization serving West Oʻahu;

(12) A parent representative of a student(s) currently enrolled in a Hawaiian language immersion program;

(13) A community representative from West Oʻahu (Kapolei, ʻEwa, or Waiʻanae region);

(14) A member of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives; and

(15) A member of the Hawaiʻi State Senate; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education and Superintendent of Education.

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	75
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII