STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1744-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.R. No. 243
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 243 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, VICE-PRINCIPALS, AND TEACHERS TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE COURSE IN HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE INSTRUCTION AS PART OF THEIR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this resolution is to:
(1) Enable educators to provide educational program content and pedagogy that is relevant to students; and
(2) Perpetuate the Hawaiian culture of our state,
by requesting the Department of Education (DOE) to develop a plan for all public school principals, vice principals, and teachers to satisfactorily complete at least one course in Hawaiian language and culture instruction as part of their licensing requirements.
The director of the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language, co-coordinator of Hookulaiwi Program of the UH at Manoa College of Education, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this resolution. DOE supported the intent of this measure. A concerned individual opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this resolution by:
(1) Requesting DOE to develop a plan, in collaboration with UH at Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language, Hookulaiwi Program of the UH at Manoa College of Education, and College of Hawaiian Language Ka Haka Ula O Keelikolani at UH-Hilo, to encourage current public school principals, vice principals, and teachers to satisfactorily complete at least one course in Hawaiian language and culture instruction, including creative strategies and incentives;
(2) Requesting the UH at Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language to initiate the planning dialogue, which includes a re-evaluation of the Praxis exam in regards to integrating Hawaiian language and culture into satisfactory performance indicators;
(3) Amending the title to read: "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ENCOURAGE CURRENT PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, VICE PRINCIPALS, AND TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE INTO THE SCHOOLS"; 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.R. No. 243, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 243, 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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