STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2981

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1875
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Technology and Labor and
Environment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1875, H.D. 1,
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to include student and
professional accountability in the existing law on educational
accountability for the Department of Education (DOE).

     In addition, the measure requires the following:

     (1)  Development of consequences for observed performance
          and annual data on student, school, and system
          performance, including rewards and recognition for
          those schools that meet or exceed their goals,
          assistance to those that fall short, and sanctions for
          those that continue to fail to meet their goals;

     (2)  Establishment of a statewide student assessment program
          that provides annual data on student, school, and
          system performance at selected benchmark grade levels;

     (3)  Teachers and administrators to seek continuous
          professional growth and development, which shall be
          subject to evaluation and appropriate consequences;


 
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     (4)  Establishment of an explicit link between professional
          evaluation results and individual accountability for
          professional development by requiring these evaluation
          results to be used to prescribe appropriate
          consequences;

     (5)  The DOE to submit summaries of each school's standards
          implementation design to the Legislature and the
          Governor prior to each Regular Session; and 

     (6)  Exemption of the DOE's accountability system from
          collective bargaining negotiations.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Governor, Department of Education, The Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii, Hawaii Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students, Hawaii
Business Roundtable, and 30 individuals.  Oral testimony
supporting the measure was provided by one individual.
HGEA-AFSCME and one individual provided testimony opposing the
measure.  HSTA provided comments on the measure.

     Your Committees find that although there are many
principals, teachers, administrators, and staff persons in the
public schools who are doing a good job, the public school system
itself needs improvement.

     Your Committees agree that an effective accountability
system, independent of the current collective bargaining
requirements of chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and clearly
linked to authority is essential to improving Hawaii's public
schools.  Such an accountability system will afford a public
accounting to other significant partners in the educational
process.

     Your Committees amended the measure by replacing its
contents with S.B. 2837, S.D. 1, which does the following:

     (1)  Requires the development of a collaborative process
          with stakeholders, including representatives of
          appropriate bargaining units, parents, administration,
          and students, to define the roles, responsibilities,
          and obligations of each;

     (2)  Requires the development of an accountability system
          that allows students to provide input into the quality
          of their education regarding teachers and school
          administration;


 
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     (3)  Requires the establishment of a statewide annual
          student assessment program that provides annual data on
          student, school, and system performance in core
          subjects at each grade level in terms of student
          performance relative to statewide content and
          performance standards;

     (4)  Maintains the requirement that comprehensive school
          profiles or reports be made available to all, including
          the public;

     (5)  Requires the DOE to submit a report of the specifics of
          the design of the comprehensive accountability system
          and fiscal requirements and legislative actions needed
          to create the system, prior to each Regular Session;
          and

     (6)  Exempts the implementation of the DOE's accountability
          system from collective bargaining negotiations until
          June 30, 2003.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Technology and Labor and Environment
that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1875, H.D. 1, as amended
herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form
attached hereto as H.B. No. 1875, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology and Labor and
                                   Environment,



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BOB NAKATA, Chair                  DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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