STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1108

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1282

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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. 1282, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prepare for the implementation of newly adopted Common Core State Standards by repealing the administration of norm-referenced testing in English and mathematics for certain grades.

     The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that any public school that wants to continue to administer norm-referenced tests prior to July 1, 2015, may do so in any content area and at the school or complex's own expense; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1282, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1282, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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