Report Title:
Education; Performance Standards Review Commission; Repeal
Description:
Repeals the performance standards review commission.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the department of education continuously reviews the implementation and effectiveness of the performance standards to determine whether or not the standards should be modified. As a result, there is no longer any need for the performance standards review commission.
The purpose of this Act is to repeal the performance standards review commission.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-201 Statewide performance standards. (a) The board shall establish statewide performance standards and the means to assess the standards based upon the recommendations in the final report of the performance standards commission established pursuant to Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991; provided that the board may review and modify the performance standards, as the board deems necessary, to reflect the needs of public school students and educational goals adopted by the board.
[(b) The board shall appoint a performance
standards review commission, to be convened at the beginning of the 1997-1998
school year, and every four years thereafter, to assess the effectiveness of
the performance standards. The commission shall include representatives of the
Hawaii State Parent, Teacher, Student Association; the Hawaii State Student
Council; the superintendent; the dean of the college of education of the
University of Hawaii; and the professional education community. The commission
may request the assistance of such department or school staff as may be
necessary to facilitate its review.
(c) The commission shall review the
implementation of the performance standards by the board and the schools to
determine whether the standards should be modified. In making this
determination, the commission shall seek public input by holding public forums
to discuss the implementation and effectiveness of the performance standards.
The commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations
regarding the effectiveness of the standards and the need for modification of
the standards to the board and the legislature prior to the convening of the
1999 regular session. The board shall consider and implement the modifications
beginning with the 1999-2000 school year.
(d)] (b) Notwithstanding any law
to the contrary, the department shall establish procedures and guidelines for,
and shall expand, its statewide assessment program to include norm‑referenced
testing in the same grades as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) standards-based assessment (grades 3 through 8 and
one grade in high school) in reading and math, using the most appropriate
nationally normed test."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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