CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 217-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3059
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3059, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to develop and maintain a model curriculum to assist teachers in meeting the Hawaii performance standards as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Your Committee on Conference finds that the intent of this measure is to give school complexes the flexibility to select and adopt a standards-based curriculum that best meets their needs, and that the measure would be more effective if it enabled school complexes to develop and maintain an articulated and aligned standards-based curriculum to support teachers in helping all students to meet the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards.
Your Committee on Conference further finds that the initial phase in the development of an articulated and aligned curriculum is to:
(1) Identify the criteria that schools and complexes must follow in developing and implementing a standards-based curriculum;
(2) Provide support to schools in implementing the curriculum; and
(3) Ensure that schools have the assessment tools to monitor student progress.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Allowing school complexes to develop an articulated and aligned curriculum in one or more of the core content areas;
(2) Requiring school complexes to provide professional development;
(3) Requiring standards-based formative assessments;
(4) Requiring rigorous classroom performance-based assessments;
(5) Allowing complexes to implement software programs to align school course material with the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards; and
(6) Requiring the Department of Education to submit an additional report to the Legislature.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3059, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3059, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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