STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1913-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.C.R. No. 72

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 72, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EXAMINE VARIOUS IMPACTS OF A LONGER SCHOOL DAY AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR ON KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a feasibility study on the impacts of a longer school day and extended school year for students in grades Kindergarten through the twelfth grade.

     DOE, Board of Education (BOE), American Heart Association, and Hawaii Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (HAHPERD) testified in support of the measure. 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 72, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair