Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1811 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that students participating in the running start program may receive a credit for their college coursework at the institution and at their high school and expands the availability of college courses in which the participants may enroll. This measure also releases the Department of Education from liability for students participating in the program when exiting their campus to conduct activities outside of the program.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Education and University of Hawaii.

Your Committees find that the running start program allows high school students to enroll in college level courses at the University of Hawaii. The purpose of the program is to provide the student with a head start in their college coursework. However, the intent is not to hinder the student's progress toward a timely graduation. This measure clarifies that students participating in the program will be able to receive credit for college coursework as well as high school credit, provided that the course is aligned with the Board of Education's curriculum requirements.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1811 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.