STAND. COM. REP. NO.  259-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3221

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 3221 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve coordination, avoid duplication, and support the free interchange of information related to teacher preparation and licensing by appropriating funds for the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) to coordinate the creation of a data interface network between the Department of Education (DOE) and public and private teacher education institutions in the state.

     DOE, HTSB, and the Hawaii Educational Policy Center testified in support of this bill.  HiTech Quest opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that HTSB, rather than the Board of Education, shall coordinate the creation of the data interface network;

     (2)  Deleting provisions specifying that the data interface network employ simple object access protocol-based web services; and

     (3)  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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3221, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3221, 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