STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1104

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 146

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 146 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII P-20 PARTNERSHIPS FOR EDUCATION TO CONVENE THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO EXAMINE CURRENT AND EMERGING PROGRAMS SEEKING TO TRACK STUDENT PROGRESS AND DEVELOP A LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS TO GRADE TWELVE, AND BEYOND TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education to:

     (1)  Convene the appropriate agencies to examine current and emerging programs seeking to track student progress and develop a longitudinal data system for students beginning in early childhood programs to grade twelve, and beyond to higher education and the workforce;

     (2)  Establish a data sharing agreement to support a longitudinal data system and to meet requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and

     (3)  Report its findings and recommendations to the 2011 Legislature, including the status of a state longitudinal data system, and a timeline and resources needed to develop, implement, maintain, and use a state longitudinal data system.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by four state agencies.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that Hawaii P-20, a statewide partnership of the Good Beginnings Alliance, Department of Education, and the University of Hawaii to improve educational outcomes for Hawaii, has been coordinating a Department of Education and University of Hawaii effort to link student data from public secondary to postsecondary education.  Additionally, your Committees understand that Hawaii P-20 is leading an effort of the University of Hawaii, the Department of Education, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to plan for a longitudinal data system that spans from early childhood education to the workforce.  Your Committees find that this measure will assist in the effort to gather this vital information.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 146 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education,

____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair