STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3552

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 226

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

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 and intent 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 it is essential for students in the State to learn about and understand the importance of the Civil Rights Movement. Accordingly, this measure promotes productive civic engagement by requesting the Department of Education to develop and implement civil rights curricula.

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 and recommends its adoption.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair