STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3615

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 150

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 150 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE STATUS OF ACHIEVING ACT 51, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2018, MANDATES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislature on the status of achieving Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, mandates for computer science education.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from HawaiiKidsCAN and six individuals.

Your Committee finds that due to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited timeframe being faced by the Legislature to act in response, measures are necessary to provide the Senate with the ability to gather relevant information from the Governor and the executive agencies. These measures further urge that actions be taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that requests the Department of Transportation to formalize and make mandatory the submission of the order for self-quarantine, safe travels application, and interisland declaration forms.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 150, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 150, S.D. 1.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair