II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 259 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 11, 2007 Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Reid, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Specter, and Mrs. Dole) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.

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Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives

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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.