Bill Text: HI SB18 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Government Operations; Jury Service

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB18 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB18-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 905

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 18

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 18 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE FURTHER SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT LIMIT OR DO NOT OFFER ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE COURSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Education provide further support for public schools that limit or do not offer advanced placement and International Baccalaureate courses so that these schools may establish such programs or expand their existing programs.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one individual.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that numerous studies and educational organizations report a positive correlation between students who complete advanced placement and International Baccalaureate courses, and the students' subsequent success in college and university programs.

 

     Your Committee further finds that advanced placement and International Baccalaureate courses offer additional opportunities for Hawaii's public school students to gain the skills necessary to thrive in increasingly competitive educational and workforce settings.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending the title for the purposes of clarity and consistency; and

 

     (2)  Requesting the Department of Education to report its findings and recommendations to the 2010 Legislature.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 18, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair