STAND. COM. REP. NO. 786-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1875
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Finance,
to which was referred H.B. No. 1875, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of
Education to implement the educational accountability system for
Hawaii's public schools that:

     (1)  Focuses on student achievement of statewide standards;

     (2)  Includes student accountability;

     (3)  Includes school or collective professional
          responsibility;

     (4)  Individual professional accountability;

     (5)  Uses rewards, assistance, and sanctions.

This system will afford a public accounting to other significant
partners in the educational process.

     The Board of Education, the Department of Education, the
Hawaii Business Roundtable, the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii, and the Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in
support of this bill.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association
supported an accountability system and a standards based

 
 
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education but had concerns with the implementation of them in
this bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported
educational accountability but expressed concerns about the bill.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Finance that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1875, H.D. 1, and recommend that
it pass Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and Public
                                   Employment and Finance,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair          TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair