STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1516

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 243

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 243 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A MULTIMEDIA ACCELERATED LEARNING TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request a study be conducted by the Department of Education (DOE), in consultation with the Board of Education and the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education, to determine the feasibility of implementing a multimedia accelerated learning technology pilot program in public schools.

     The DOE testified in support 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. 243 and recommends that it 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