STAND. COM. REP. 858

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.C.R. No. 8

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 8 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE ON GRADUATED PARENTING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Health to convene a task force to develop a plan for a graduated parenting program to teach child development and parenting skills in public schools.

PARENTS Inc., testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees find that there is no widely available program that teaches child development and parenting skills to persons interested in learning how to appropriately parent, relative to a child's stage of development. Providing a program in the public schools would assist in reaching a great number of people.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 8 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair