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MVV Df '. <br /> /�f'• y Wil°Babe <br /> Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim ,� <br /> Mayor "'�" <br /> Barbara J.Kossow <br /> . 'Miat Deputy Managing Director <br /> //.r� hoi <br /> Glatt of Pa1nat t <br /> @fatrt of the Agar <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg C • Katlua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 20, 2017 <br /> Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair <br /> Committee on Higher Education <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Chair McKelvey and Members <br /> RE: SB 826, SD 2 <br /> Relating to the Puna Distance Learning Center <br /> Puna covers a large geographic area (about the size of the Island of Kauai) and <br /> because it has relatively low-cost housing, its population has boomed over the years. <br /> However, economic opportunities within the district are extremely limited, and <br /> opportunities for higher education are many miles away in Hilo, along a highway that <br /> often suffers from terrible traffic. <br /> A distance learning center under the auspices of our community college would be <br /> a great step toward realizing our State's goal of equal educational opportunities for all <br /> residents, regardless where they live. <br /> I hope you will approve SB826 with substantial funding and an appropriate <br /> effective date. <br /> Respe tfully submitted, <br /> pAva <br /> Harry Kim <br /> Mayor <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />