STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1003

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 79

       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. 79 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW ITS BY-LAWS AND POLICIES AND APPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND STATUTES TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education to review its by-laws and polices and applicable administrative rules and statutes to improve the effectiveness of the educational delivery system.

     Your Committee finds that as the result of a constitutional amendment adopted in the 2010 general election, the Board of Education is required to transform from an elected board to an appointed board, with the appointments being made by the Governor.  Your Committee further finds that this change in education governance provides the Board of Education with the unique opportunity to determine if amending or reducing regulatory constraints and requirements might assist the Board, the Department of Education, and school administrators in creating a more effective educational delivery system.

     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. 79, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 79, S.D. 1.

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

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair