Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 7, 1 July 1989 — ʻAha ʻOpio Resolutions Adopted: [ARTICLE]

ʻAha ʻOpio Resolutions Adopted:

Among the resolutions passed by the 'Aha 'Opio O OHA youth legislature and signed by the elected youth officials were these items requesting: • that Hawaiian culture, language, arts/crafts and government relations classes be taught in all schools in Hawai'i, • that the state follow the existing shoreline management act to ensure more public access to beaches and fishing grounds for residents as well as visitors, • that FAA licensed pilots convicted of driving their automobiles under the influence of drugs or aleohol have their pilot licenses taken away until they complete a drug and/or aleohol abuse prevention program, • that a drug counsellor be assigned to eaeh public high school, • the gradual termination of foreign investors in Hawai'i (a related resolution to limit foreign investment in Hawai'i was also adopted), • making an appropriation to the Punana Leo program to hire 25 Hawaiian language teachers to teach preschool age children and in areas of high Hawaiian population, • establishment of a task force to aid homeless people, • establishment of pre-natal and early childhood development centers for Hawaiians throughout the state, • creation of community development boards with power to recommend development plans in

their community, • amendment of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes to prohibit leasing of Hawaiian homestead lands to non-native Hawaiians, including the military, and to give preference to native Hawaiians in leasingsuch land, • an increase in ineome to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from ceded lands, from a 20 percent to a 45 percent pro rata share, to benefit the Hawaiian people in areas such as health and education, and programs to perpetuate Hawaiian culture, • definition of ceded land revenue as "all ineome from lease, sale or other encumberances of lands designated or classified under the title of 'ceded lands' • increased funds to hire Hawaiian resource kupuna and to provide resource materials for the Department of Education Hawaiian Studies program, • establishment of transition centers in high schools throughout the state to provide guidance in career decision-making and education and employment alternatives, • automatic extension of expiring Hawaiian Homestead leases that are current and valid, for a renewed period of 99 years to a qualified leasee or their successor, • transfer of surplus land to the homeless, and • establishment of a $2 million college assistance state fund for Hawaiian youth.