STAND. COM. REP. NO. 301
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1101
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.B. No. 1101 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve public education by:
(1) Establishing a grant program in the Department of Education (DOE) to develop K-12 lesson plans, curriculum, and other educational materials related to civic responsibility; and
(2) Appropriating funds to DOE for social studies textbooks to support civic responsibility education, for science textbooks, and to the grant program.
DOE testified in support of this bill.
This bill addresses standards and goals set forth by the Legislature and DOE, which mandate that general concepts of civic responsibility should be taught to students.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing all appropriation amounts to $1 to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1101, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1101, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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