STAND. COM. REP. NO. 320

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1100

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1100 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the Department of Education to set a standard for retention of student records of not less than one hundred years; and

     (2)  Allow the Department of Education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is required to maintain student records for a variety of purposes, but that no uniform standard exists for the length of time that records must be maintained.  Your Committee further finds that schools within the Department of Education vary significantly in how long they maintain student records and the manner in which student records are stored.  This measure will specify the minimum amount of time that student records must be maintained and further develop options to modernize the way schools store student records.

     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. 1100 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary and Labor.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair