STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO.1493

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.R. No. 37

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 37 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ADOPTION OF STATEWIDE CONTENT STANDARDS FOR ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to request the adoption of statewide content standards for adult education courses and programs.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Education (Department).

Your Committee finds that adult and community education programs provide basic education such as literacy and civic responsibility for new citizens as well as support the value of life-long learning. Your Committee further finds that while the Department has reported that standards have been adopted for adult learners, there is a need to identify the costs of and revenues generated to support adult and community education, in light of the Governor's current proposal to reduce state support of these programs. Your Committee further agrees that the Department should provide some measure of effectiveness for adult and community education, in order to provide data-driven support for the continuation of these programs.

Thus, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the title to request the Department to report on the costs of and revenues generated to support these programs, and the status on the adoption of state standards and outcomes for these programs;

(2) Deleting the request for the Advisory Council on Adult and Community Education to assist in adopting standards for adult and community education;

(3) Including a WHEREAS clause that recognizes the importance of adult and community education in life-long learning;

(4) Changing the BE IT RESOLVED clause to request the Department to report on the personnel and related operating costs and revenues generated to support these programs and three outcome measures that can be used to measure effectiveness of the programs;

(5) Changing the BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause that requests a report to the 2004 Legislature to include a status on the adoption of state standards in the report; and

(6) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 37, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 37, S.D. 1.

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

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair