STAND. COM. REP. NO. 916

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 11

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to advance equality in Hawaii's public education system by requiring:

(1) The Board of Education to adopt culturally relevant, historically and scientifically accurate, and nondiscriminatory performance standards;

(2) A standards-based curriculum and educational materials that are historically and scientifically accurate and nondiscriminatory with regard to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, color, religion, ancestry, or disability; and

(3) School complexes to develop, to the greatest extent possible, a standards-based curriculum that includes content on the historical injustice, cultural subjugation, and discrimination faced by the indigenous people of Hawaii and other historically underrepresented populations as applicable to units of study.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair