STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2104-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 226

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 226 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A CIVIL RIGHTS CURRICULUM PLAN FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to develop and implement a civil rights curriculum through which students in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools will be able to take courses offering fact-based information on civil rights and the Civil Rights Movement.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that the Civil Rights Movement was pivotal in addressing pervasive social and institutional inequities in the United States. Your Committee further finds that learning about and understanding the importance of the Civil Rights Movement are essential for students in the State. Your Committee believes that a statewide educational curriculum that includes instruction on the Civil Rights Movement will promote productive civic engagement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title to more accurately reflect its purpose; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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.C.R. No. 226, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 226, H.D. 1.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair