STAND. COM. REP. NO. 547-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1925 entitled:
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to implement the recommendations of the report published by The Accord Group, LLC, pursuant to Act 238, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, to:
(1) Establish academic achievement, safety and well-being, and civic responsibility as goals for Hawaii's public education accountability system; and
(2) Define civic responsibility for the purposes of the accountability system.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Education supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee finds that while the general intent of this bill is sound, the definition of civic responsibility should be addressed by the Board of Education rather than codified in statute.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the definition of civic responsibility; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 1925, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1925, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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