STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1016

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1171

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1171 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Education (DOE) with the flexibility to help implement reform plans by permitting an exception from the single school calendar for schools designated by the Board of Education in furtherance of a plan to improve education outcome in students.

     DOE and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1171 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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