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Legislative Update 2005

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Survey to Hawaii School Principals, June-July 2005

• Charts of schools who participated
• Analysis of survey questions
• Charts of survey questions
• Comments and suggestions (overall and by subject matter)
• Question #8 Responses

Education Reform Materials

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Born

May 22, 1947, Honolulu, Hawaii

Personal

Married, wife Penny
Children David, Greg, and Katherine

Education

Palolo Elementary
University Lab School 1965
University of Hawaii, BS 1969
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana MS 1970

Professional

SC Pacific Corp and Roll-A-Way Shutters of the Pacific
S&M Sakamoto, Inc.
US Army Corps of Engineers
City of Los Angeles
CPC - California Packing Corp. (first job, pineapple cannery tray-boy)

Licenses

Registered Civil Engineer (Hawaii and California)
Licensed General Contractor

Elective Office

State Senate since 1996

Affiliations (current and former)

Moanalua Gardens Community Association, Director and Vice Chair
Boy Scouts of America, Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster
Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset
Moanalua Lions Club
City and County of Honolulu, Building Permit Streamlining Advisory Board
State of Hawaii, Contractors License Board
Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Past President
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Leadership Council
Construction Industry Legislative Organization (CILO)
White House Conference on Small Business, Hawaii Delegate 1995
Hawaii Congress on Small Business, Co-Chair
National Association of Home Builders, Director
Home Builders Institute, Director
International Fellowship of Christian Businessmen
Kalihi Business Association, Legislative Director
Waipahu Business Association
Aiea Pearl City Business Associaton
Aiea Community Association
Moanalua Garderns Foundation
Radford High School Foundation, Advisory Board
Boys and Girls Club, Aliamanu Advisory Board
School To Work Council, Farrington Complex
City and County Visioning Teams

Legislative

Education and Technology Committee, Vice Chair, 1998 -
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Co-Chair 1996 - 98
Judiciary Committee, 1996-
Labor Committee, 1996 - 98
Government and Housing Committee, 1998 -
Small Business Caucus, Co-Chair 1996 -
Keiki Caucus
Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO) 1996 - 1999
Impaired Driving Task Force

Member of the Democratic party.

Current member of the following committees:

EDU - Education (Chair)
CPH - Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing
HSP - Human Services and Public Housing
PBS - Public Safety