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Race alone or in combination with other races from 2014-2018 American Community Survey 43.1% White or part -White 56.5% Asian or part -Asian 26.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, part -Hawaiian or part -Pacific Islander 8.4% Some other race or races State's Role in Cable TV, Land Use Regulation and Education Hawaii's state government plays a major role in areas that are carried out by counties or municipalities in most, if not all, of the other U.S. states: cable TV, land use regulation, and education. Land use in Hawaii is the most regulated of all the fifty states. Providers seeking to deploy broadband infrastructure must contend with layers of permitting and approvals at both the State and county levels. According to many providers, the State and county permitting and approval processes for infrastructure deployment can take years, even for upgrades to existing infrastructure. For this reason, the streamlining of permitting and approval processes is of even greater import in this State than others. Hawaii is also unique in that it is the only state with a single public school district encompassing the entire State. This system, administered through a State Department of Education (DOE) by an appointed State Board of Education, was created to ensure that each public school in the State has access to the same level of resources and support. For broadband adoption, this unified system can create advantages in the implementation of programs across the State and disadvantages because of the limited financial resources of the DOE that must be spread across all schools for implementation of such programs. ed Competitior Hawaii's remote location and relatively small market has resulted in limited competition in broadband service providers and transpacific backhaul providers. Two providers