STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1785

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.R. No. 62

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Lower & Higher Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 62 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON ITS PROGRESS TOWARD PROVIDING A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to provide a report to the Legislature prior to the 2020 Regular Session on the status of the department's work toward delivering a well-rounded education for all public school students that includes:

(1) The average amount of instructional time per year devoted to visual arts, music, theater, dance, Hawaiian and Polynesian studies, Hawaiian language, native Hawaiian culture and customary practices, and physical education for elementary, middle, and intermediate schools;

(2) The number of high schools in which courses in visual arts, music, theater, dance, Hawaiian and Polynesian studies, Hawaiian language, native Hawaiian culture and customary practices, and physical education are offered and taught by licensed and certified teachers;

(3) The average number of individualized education programs for which care coordinators are responsible at each school, including information on the method by which the allocation of individualized education programs is determined;

(4) The average number of individualized education program minutes managed by care coordinators at each school, including information on the method by which the allocation of individualized education program minutes is determined;

(5) The number of special education teachers at each school who are not licensed to teach special education, including information on differences in retention rates for special-education teachers who have completed a state-approved teacher-education program and special-education teachers who have not completed such a program;

(6) The number of schools that lack a librarian or library media specialist, technology coordinator, or counselor;

(7) The number of secondary schools that lack a special-education transition coordinator;

(8) The average class size for each school, including the average size of each inclusion class, fully self-contained class, and class for students with limited English-language proficiency;

(9) The average total student workload for teachers at each school, including the average workload for special-education teachers; and

(10) The number of non-classroom teachers statewide, including at each school and complex area.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus submitted testimony in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Lower & Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 62 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Lower & Higher Education,

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair