STAND. COM. REP. NO. 998

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 130

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 130 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER USING THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON YOUNG STREET, ADJACENT TO THE ACADEMY ART CENTER, AS AN ART RESOURCE CENTER FOR TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to consider using its property located on Young Street, adjacent to the Academy of Arts Center, as an art resource center for teachers.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

     Your Committee finds that art is one of the ten core subjects for which the Department of Education is required to meet national standards for grades K-12.  Creating an art resource center for teachers near the Honolulu Academy of Arts will allow the Department of Education to tap into the expertise of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and provide teachers with a central location for professional art training and development.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 130, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 130, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair