H2‘Ō - Hawai‘i Bilingual / Hawai‘i ‘Ōlelo Pālua

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The Hawaiian-English bilingual document has been adopted by the UH Board of Regents and is available to read at http://hilo.hawaii.edu/strategicplan/documents/2011-2015StrategicPlanWebVersionFINAL.pdf

Requires the DOE to develop reading, math, and science assessment tests in the Hawaiian language for grades 3 and 4 students in the Hawaiian language immersion program. Submit your testimony in support of HB 1986 on the Hawaiʻi State Legislature website: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.... See More

Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. (Please encourage use of contemporary Hawaiian spelling in the resolution text.) Submit your testimony in support of HB 1984 the the Hawaiʻi State Legislature website: http://www.capit... See More

HB 1973: Requires that the DOE allocate 10% of revenues from the public land trust out of its annual budget to fund Hawaiian language immersion programs. Establishes a commission within OHA to oversee the allocation of moneys. Hawaiʻi State Legislature website: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measur... See More