STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1313
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.C.R. No. 245
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 245 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AMEND THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES' TASK FORCE ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND FINAL REPORT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to improve the public education system in Hawaii by requesting the United States Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) according to the recommendations of February 2005 Final Report of the National Conference of State Legislatures' Task Force on NCLB.
The Department of Education testified in support of this concurrent resolution.
Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:
(1) Clarifying that under NCLB, 100 percent student proficiency is required only in the areas of math and reading;
(2) Deleting the clause that states assistance provided by the schools to help students attain proficiency is not funded by NCLB, because such funding is available;
(3) Clarifying that NCLB is an under-funded rather than an unfunded mandate; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.C.R. No. 245, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 245, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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