Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1173 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify statutory requirements relating to languages other than English taught in public schools to be consistent with Board of Education policies and the current Hawaii Content and Performance Standards for world languages.

The Department of Education submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that these clarifications will help schools and complexes by providing more flexibility for them to systematically plan, develop, and articulate curriculum and instruction for second language study.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1173 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.