Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.
Requires the Archives to use grant funds for: (1) facilities and equipment to house and provide computer and web access to a repository of Native Hawaiian historical data; (2) scholarships to assist disadvantaged students in attending college; (3) the creation of educational materials from the archives that are applicable to a broad range of indigenous students; (4) outreach to elementary and secondary school students; (5) teacher training, so that the teaching of kindergarten through grade 12 students is culturally congruent with the learning modalities of such students, particularly indigenous students; and (6) the enhancement of the economic and financial literacy of college students.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3837 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3837
To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna
Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 3, 2006
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Stevens, Mr.
Jeffords, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Lieberman, Mr.
Dodd, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lott, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Clinton,
Mr. Reid, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Dole,
Mr. Domenici, and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
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A BILL
To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna
Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HENRY KUUALOHA GIUGNI KUPUNA MEMORIAL ARCHIVES.
(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to
award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media
for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the
Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of
Hawaii.
(b) Use of Funds.--The Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial
Archives shall use the grant funds received under this section--
(1) to facilitate the acquisition of a secure web
accessible repository of Native Hawaiian historical data rich
in ethnic and cultural significance to our Nation for
preservation and access by future generations;
(2) to award scholarships to facilitate access to a college
education for students who can not independently afford such
education;
(3) to support programmatic efforts associated with the
web-based media projects of the archives;
(4) to create educational materials, from the contents of
the archives, that are applicable to a broad range of
indigenous students such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives,
and Native American Indians;
(5) to develop outreach initiatives that introduce the
archival collections to elementary schools and secondary
schools;
(6) to develop supplemental web-based resources that define
terms and cultural practices innate to Native Hawaiians;
(7) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair
educational facilities to house the archival collections;
(8) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair computer
equipment for use by elementary schools and secondary schools
in accessing the archival collections;
(9) to provide pre-service and in-service teacher training
to develop a core group of kindergarten through grade 12
teachers who are able to provide instruction in a way that is
culturally congruent with the learning modalities of the
kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school students
the teachers are teaching, particularly indigenous students
such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American
Indians, in order to--
(A) ameliorate the lack of cultural congruence
between the teachers and the students the teachers
teach; and
(B) improve student achievement; and
(10) to increase the economic and financial literacy of
college students through the proliferation of proven best
practices used at other institutions of higher education that
result in positive behavioral change toward improved debt and
credit management and economic decision making.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8850-8851)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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