STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3227

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1874
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1874, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a two-year
suspension of all rules, policies, procedures, and practices to
allow the Department of Education to restructure and reallocate
its resources to support student achievement.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Establishes a thirteen-member interagency educational
          accountability working group within the Department of
          Education, and designates the Superintendent of
          Education as the chairperson of the working group;

     (2)  Specifies the membership of the working group, which
          includes representatives from the three affected public
          employee unions and the Hawaii State Parents, Teachers
          and Students Association; and

     (3)  Makes the suspension of these rules, policies,
          procedures, and practices effective upon the approval
          of the Board of Education, beginning July 1, 2001.

 
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     In addition, this bill requires the interagency educational
accountability working group to:

     (1)  Review all pertinent agency rules, policies,
          procedures, and practices to identify those which are
          impeding educational system restructuring and
          reallocation of educational resources;

     (2)  Submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding
          the progress of the working group and any legislative
          actions necessary to support the reorganization and
          reallocation of educational resources;

     (3)  Focus its initial efforts on identifying agency rules,
          policies, procedures, and practices specifically in the
          areas of financial and human resource allocation and
          their effect on educational resources;

     (4)  Develop a list of the rules, policies, procedures, and
          practices recommended for suspension by the Board of
          Education, beginning with the 2001-2003 fiscal biennium
          (i.e., July 1, 2001); and

     (5)  Submit a status report to the Board of Education and
          the Legislature regarding the working group's review of
          agency functions and identification of rules, policies,
          procedures, and practices recommended for suspension.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its
effective date to July 1, 2010, to provide additional time to
resolve questions about the necessity of suspending "all" rules,
policies, procedures, and practices to support student
achievement, when the working group is required to develop "a
list" of rules, policies, procedures, and practices recommended
for suspension by the Board of Education.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1874, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1874,
H.D. 1, S.D. 2.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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