ENCOURAGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 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.

HCR75

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

75

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

encouraging the Hawai
ʻ
i
State Department of Education 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 O
ʻ
ahu.

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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

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

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WHEREAS, the
ʻ
Ewa district of O
ʻ
ahu 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

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

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WHEREAS, the school
would help meet the growing need and demand for Hawaiian language immersion
education in the
ʻ
Ewa
District and the neighboring moku of Wai
ʻ
anae;
and

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

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BE IT
RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the
State of Hawai
ʻ
i,
Regular Session of 2026, the Senate concurring, the Hawai
ʻ
i 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 O
ʻ
ahu; and

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

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

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(2)
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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 O
ʻ
ahu
within the Hono
ʻ
uli
ʻ
uli Ahupua
ʻ
a;

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

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

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(A)
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Potential locations or partnerships;

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(B)
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Estimated enrollment demand;

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(C)
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Governance structure;

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(D)
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Teacher workforce pipeline; and

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(E)
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Implementation timeline; and

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

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

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

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(2)
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An administrative representative from Ka
Papahana Kaiapuni Hawai
ʻ
i
(Hawaiian Language Immersion Program);

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(3)
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A teacher representative from Ka Papahana
Kaiapuni Hawai
ʻ
i
(Hawaiian Language Immersion Program);

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

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(5)
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A representative from the Hawai
ʻ
i Public Charter
School Commission;

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(6)
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A board member representative from the
ʻ
Aha Kauleo;

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(7)
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A representative from the University of Hawai
ʻ
i system, selected
from Ka Haka
ʻ
Ula
O Ke
ʻ
elikōlani
College of Hawaiian Language or the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language;

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(8)
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A representative from the University of Hawai
ʻ
i Kahuawaiola
Indigenous Teacher Education Program;

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(9)
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A representative from the University of Hawai
ʻ
i West O
ʻ
ahu Hawaiian language
program;

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(10)
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A representative from the University of Hawai
ʻ
i College of
Education;

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(11)
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A representative of a Native Hawaiian
community organization serving West O
ʻ
ahu;

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

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(13)
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A community representative from West O
ʻ
ahu (Kapolei,
ʻ
Ewa, or Wai
ʻ
anae region);

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(14)
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A member of the Hawai
ʻ
i House of Representatives; and

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(15)
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A member of the Hawai
ʻ
i State Senate; and

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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:

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Report Title:
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Hawaiian
Immersion; Kaiapuni; Working Group; K-12 Campus; West Oʻahu