STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1027

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1375

      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. 1375, 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 address the unique needs of multi-track public schools by providing exemptions from the school day and instructional hours requirements imposed on other non-charter public schools.

     The Department of Education and Board of Education supported this bill.  Several concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Hawaii State Teachers Association provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the exemption for instructional hours;

     (2)  Specifying as 90 percent, the number of days that multi-track public schools must meet in the event that this percentage is greater than 171 days; and

     (3)  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. 1375, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1375, 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