STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3150

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.R. No. 86
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.R. No. 86 entitled:

     "SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND
     THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STUDY OTHER PROGRAMS
     NATIONWIDE THAT DEAL WITH PROFICIENCY-BASED UNIVERSITY
     ADMISSIONS AND STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION REFORM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the University of
Hawaii and the Department of Education to study other programs
across the nation that incorporate and utilize proficiency-based
university admissions and standards-based education reform.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from Hawaii
School-to-Work.  The Department of Education supported the
measure with reservations.  Testimony in opposition to the
measure was received from the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that there has been some interest in
Hawaii in looking at proficiency-based admissions from the
in-state and interstate viewpoints.  Such a program would serve
to increase alignment between the skills acquired in K-12
education and those required for post-secondary education.

     Your Committee agrees that this measure provides the impetus
for the DOE and the University to meet, discuss, and formulate
strategies for addressing proficiency-based university admissions
and standards-based education reform.

 
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     In order to address the University's concerns about the
broad scope of the study, your Committee amended the measure to
require an interim report on the study to be submitted no later
than 60 days before the Regular Session of 2001 and a final
report to be submitted no later than 60 days before the Regular
Session of 2002.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.R. No. 86, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.R. No. 86, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



                                   ______________________________
                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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