STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1315
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.C.R. No. 246
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. 246 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to improve the public education system in Hawaii by requesting the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to allow the states greater flexibility and authority under NCLB, and to provide increased federal funding commensurate with the increased services needed to achieve NCLB requirements.
Additionally, this concurrent resolution requests:
(1) The development of a transparent and uniform process for considering waiver applications;
(2) The reexamination of the financial consequences for states that choose not to participate in NCLB; and
(3) An implementation study of federal and state funding, adequate yearly progress provisions, and other significant provisions of NCLB.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association, American Heart Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this concurrent resolution. The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure.
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. 246 and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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