Bill Text: HI SCR109 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Education; Foreign Languages; Public Elementary Schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-01 - Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SCR109 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SCR109-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Requesting the department of education to support the creation of foreign language immersion classes in public elementary schools.
WHEREAS, Hawaii is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society that blends diverse food, customs, and languages; and
WHEREAS, this melting pot has yet to extend to foreign language education in the State's public elementary schools; and
WHEREAS, although foreign languages are offered in the State's public high schools, there are several benefits to teaching children a foreign language beginning in kindergarten; and
WHEREAS, research has shown a positive correlation between the study of a foreign language and increased cognitive and academic ability, leading to improved student performance indicators; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to support the creation of foreign language immersion classes in public elementary schools; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education and Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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Department of Education; Foreign Languages; Public Elementary Schools
