STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 2276

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2426

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Center for School Redesign as part of the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus; and

(2) Make a $250,000 appropriation for the center.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the University of Hawaii, Department of Education, and Hawaii State Teachers Association. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the measure from the Director of Finance.

Your Committee finds that educational research shows that smaller schools contribute to student achievement. This is an opportunity to develop a school design based on research, best practice, data, and collaborative planning.

Your Committee has amended the measure by:

(1) Deleting the provision setting the salary of the director of the center by statute; and

(2) Having the Director of the center be appointed by the Dean of the College of Education of the University of Hawaii, Manoa instead of the Chancellor.

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 S.B. No. 2426, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2426, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair