STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1796

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.C.R. No. 192

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 192 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACCEPT THE NATIONAL ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Education accept the National Orientation and Mobility Certification from the National Blindness Professional Certification Board for teachers providing orientation and mobility services, as a means of increasing appropriate accommodations for students requesting structured discovery cane travel in individualized education plans.

The Democratic Party of Hawaii Oahu County Committee on Affirmative Action and one individual submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Education submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting that the National Orientation and Mobility Certification be accepted by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, rather than the Department of Education.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 192, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 192, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair