CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 22

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 1282

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1282, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the administration of norm-referenced testing on July 1, 2015, and to require a school or complex that chooses to administer norm-referenced testing until July 1, 2015, to be responsible for all contracts and costs relating to the testing.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Department of Education has adopted the Common Core Standards and this measure will prepare the Department for the implementation of these newly adopted standards by repealing the administration of norm-referenced testing for certain grades on July 1, 2015.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by amending its effective date to clarify that this measure shall take effect upon approval; provided that:

     (1)  The amendments made in section 2 of this measure to section 302A-201(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, allowing voluntary administration of norm-referenced testing, shall be repealed on June 30, 2015; and

     (2)  The Department's administration of norm-referenced testing for certain grades under section 302A-201(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be repealed on July 1, 2015.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1282, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1282, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair
____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair