CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 108-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2607

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2607, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to promote computer science education in the State by:

(l) Requiring the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade and ensure that each public high school offers at least one computer science course each year; and

(2) Authorizing the Department of Education to contract with other entities to develop and implement computer science teacher development programs.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying that the statewide computer science curricula plan for public students in kindergarten through twelfth grade may include design thinking as part of the curricula;

(2) Appropriating $500,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 to the Department of Education to develop a computer science curricula plan, offer computer science classes, and contract for teacher development programs;

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2018; and

(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2607, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2607, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Co-Chair
	____________________________ CINDY EVANS Co-Chair
	____________________________ CHRIS TODD Co-Chair