STAND. COM. REP. NO.  22

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1055

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 H.B. No. 1055 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reallocate classroom time toward educational priorities that are in line with newly-adopted national standards by repealing the inclusion of norm-reference tests in the state-wide assessment program.

     The Department of Education supported this bill.

     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 H.B. No. 1055 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