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. 3108 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Education's Standard Implementation Design System identifies a Personal Learning Plan component under Rubric II.A.1 Standards Based Curriculum (What is Taught). Such plans will include options for achieving personal goals, state standards, and school-wide learner outcomes. This will also serve to bring focus to a students learning program and help minimize gaps in service delivery in the public educational system.

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. 3108 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.